βασκᾶς

Etymology
The formation is similar to other bird names, such as and. The ο of the variant can hardly be due to influence of ; nor is the β- (compared to the φ- of ) Thracian or Illyrian. However, these variations clearly point to origin, according to Beekes. Furnée unconvincingly links the word to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) kind of duck