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white-winged scoter

white-winged scoter
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Definition of white-winged scoter words

  • noun white-winged scoter a blackish North American duck, Melanitta deglandi, having a white patch on each wing. 1

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Origin of white-winged scoter

First appearance:

before 1890
One of the 20% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1890-95

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Parts of speech for White-winged scoter

noun
adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
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determiner
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white-winged scoter popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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