Black Jack, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 6792
Housing Units (2000): 2587
Land area (2000): 2.660066 sq. miles (6.889540 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.007305 sq. miles (0.018921 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.667371 sq. miles (6.908461 sq. km)
FIPS code: 06004
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 38.790799 N, 90.261885 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords: Black Jack, MO Black Jack

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
 

Scaup \Scaup\ (sk[add]p), n. [See Scalp a bed of oysters or mussels.]

1. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. [Scot.]

[1913 Webster]

2. (Zool.) A scaup duck. See below. [1913 Webster]

Scaup duck (Zool.), any one of several species of northern ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adult males are, in large part, black. The three North American species are: the greater scaup duck (Aythya marila, var. nearctica), called also broadbill, bluebill, blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, and raft duck; the lesser scaup duck (Aythya affinis), called also little bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler; the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck (Aythya collaris), called also black jack, ringneck, ringbill, ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust. of Ring-necked duck, under Ring-necked. The common European scaup, or mussel, duck (Aythya marila), closely resembles the American variety. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Jack \Jack\, n. [Named from its resemblance to a jack boot.]

A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack. [Obs.]

--Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Ring-necked \Ring"-necked`\, a. (Zool.) Having a well defined ring of color around the neck. [1913 Webster]

Ring-necked duck (Zool.), an American scaup duck (Aythya collaris). The head, neck, and breast of the adult male are black, and a narrow, but conspicuous, red ring encircles the neck. This ring is absent in the female. Called also ring-neck, ring-necked blackhead, ringbill, tufted duck, and black jack. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Jack \Jack\, n. [Named from its resemblance to a jack boot.]

A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack. [Obs.]

--Dryden.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Ring-necked \Ring"-necked`\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having a well defined ring of color around the neck.

Ring-necked duck (Zool.), an American scaup duck (Aythya collaris). The head, neck, and breast of the adult male are black, and a narrow, but conspicuous, red ring encircles the neck. This ring is absent in the female. Called also ring-neck, ring-necked blackhead, ringbill, tufted duck, and black jack.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

2. (Zo["o]l.) A scaup duck. See below.

Scaup duck (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of northern ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adult males are, in large part, black. The three North American species are: the greater scaup duck (Aythya marila, var. nearctica), called also broadbill, bluebill, blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, and raft duck; the lesser scaup duck (A. affinis), called also little bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler; the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck (A. collaris), called also black jack, ringneck, ringbill, ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust.. of Ring-necked duck, under Ring-necked. The common European scaup, or mussel, duck (A. marila), closely resembles the American variety.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)