Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

velvet scoter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables
vel-vet s-cot-er
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An arctic sea duck, Melanitta fusca.

Inflected Forms

velvet scoters (plural)

Synonyms

velvet duck whitewing

Questions

What does velvet scoter mean?
An arctic sea duck, Melanitta fusca.

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