spectacled coot

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spectacled coot - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Scoter \Sco"ter\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up.] (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus
     Oidemia.
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     Note: The European scoters are Oidemia nigra, called also
           black duck, black diver, surf duck; and the
           velvet, or double, scoter (Oidemia fusca). The common
           American species are the velvet, or white-winged,
           scoter (Oidemia Deglandi), called also velvet duck,
           white-wing, bull coot, white-winged coot; the
           black scoter (Oidemia Americana), called also black coot
           , butterbill, coppernose; and the surf scoter,
           or surf duck (Oidemia perspicillata), called also
           baldpate, skunkhead, horsehead, patchhead,
           pishaug, and spectacled coot. These birds are
           collectively called also coots. The females and young
           are called gray coots, and brown coots.
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  Spectacled \Spec"ta*cled\, a.
     1. Furnished with spectacles; wearing spectacles.
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              As spectacled she sits in chimney nook. --Keats.
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     2. (Zool.) Having the eyes surrounded by color markings, or
        patches of naked skin, resembling spectacles.
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     Spectacled bear (Zool.), a South American bear (Tremarclos  ornatus
        ) which inhabits the high mountains of Chili and
        Peru. It has a light-colored ring around each eye.
  
     Spectacled coot, or Spectacled duck (Zool.), the surf
        scoter, or surf duck. [Local, U.S.]
  
     Spectacled eider (Zool.) See Eider.
  
     Spectacled goose (Zool.), the gannet.
  
     Spectacled snake (Zool.), the cobra de capello.
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