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Scoter Sco"ter, n. [Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Oidemia. Note: The European scoters are Oidemia nigra, called also black duck, black diver, surf duck; and the velvet, or double, scoter (O. fusca). The common American species are the velvet, or white-winged, scoter (O. Deglandi), called also velvet duck, white-wing, bull coot, white-winged coot; the black scoter (O. Americana), called also black coot, butterbill, coppernose; and the surf scoter, or surf duck (O. 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.
Horsehead
Horsehead Horse"head`, n. (Zo["o]l.) The silver moonfish (Selene vomer).

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- The Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33 or B33) is a small dark nebula in the constellation Orion. The nebula is located just to the south of Alnitak...
- Horsehead may refer to: The head of a horse Horsehead (band), an Australian rock band Horsehead Corporation, an American corporation producing zinc products...
- Horsehead Holding Corporation, formerly The New Jersey Zinc Company, was an American producer of zinc and related materials based in Pittsburgh. The operations...
- Horseheads is a town in Chemung County, New York, United States. The po****tion was 19,412 at the 2020 census. The name of the town is derived from the...
- Horsehead are an Australian hard rock band which formed in late 1991 with Scott Kingman on guitar (ex-Cattletruck), Cameron McKenzie on guitar, Andy McLean...
- Tex & the Horseheads is an American punk rock band, which emerged in the Los Angeles punk subculture of the early-1980. They were described as "p****ionately...
- Horsehead is an unincorporated community in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. "Horsehead, Maryland". Geographic Names Information System...
- Horsehead/Marbella is an historic summer house at 240 Highland Drive in Jamestown, Rhode Island. Occupying a spectacular setting on a southerly-projecting...
- Horseheads is a village in Chemung County, New York, United States. The po****tion was 6,606 at the 2020 census. The name is derived from the number of...
- seal in the United States; it is also known as Atlantic seal and the horsehead seal. There are two recognized subspecies of this seal: The type specimen...