scaup
/skɔːp/ · noun
Meaning
- The top of the head; the skull.
- The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.
- A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, formerly cut or torn off from an enemy by warriors in some cultures as a token of victory.
- The skin of the head of a stag with the horns attached.
- A victory, especially at the expense of someone else.
- A bed or stratum of shellfish.
- Any of three species of small diving duck in the genus Aythya.
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