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}. [1913 Webster] 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}. [1913 Webster]
Copper-nose \Cop"per-nose\, n. A red nose. --Shak. [1913 Webster]