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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of Anatidæ of the subfamily Fuligulinæ, containing scoters with gibbous extensively feathered bill and black plumage, varied with white on the head, as P. perspicillata, the seascoter or surf-duck, which inhabits both coasts of North America.

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