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 Translation for 'velvet scoter' from English to Hungarian
madárt.T
füstös réce {noun} [Melanitta fusca]
velvet scoter (duck) [Br.]
madárt.T
füstös réce {noun} [Melanitta fusca]
white-winged scoter (duck) [Am.]
szöv.
bársony {noun}
velvet
epinglé {noun}imitation velvet
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Usage Examples English
  • The Firth of Tay is noted for its extensive sand and mudflats, its population of common seals, and its wintering birds (such as oystercatcher, bar-tailed godwit, shelduck and velvet scoter).
  • The preserve is a significant wintering and passage area for a number of seabirds and seaduck, including common eider ("Somateria mollissima"), common scoter ("Melanita nigra"), velvet scoter ("Melanita fusca"), common goldeneye ("Bucephala clangula"), and black guillemot ("Cepphus grylle").
  • Birdlife includes the black guillemot, velvet scoter, oystercatcher, lesser black-backed gull, western capercaillie and willow ptarmigan.
  • Other recurring birds include common shelduck, velvet scoter, tufted duck and red-backed shrike.
  • The type species was designated in 1838 as the velvet scoter by Thomas Campbell Eyton.

  • The velvet scoter ("Melanitta fusca"), also called a velvet duck, is a large sea duck, which breeds over the far north of Europe and the Palearctic west of the Yenisey basin.
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