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Widgeon
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What's The Definition Of Widgeon?
[n] freshwater duck of Eurasia and North Africa related to mallards and teals
Synonyms | Synonyms for Widgeon: Anas penelope | wigeon Related Terms | Find terms related to Widgeon: See Also | American widgeon | Anas | Anas americana | baldpate | duck | genus Anas Widgeon In Webster's Dictionary \Widg"eon\, n. [Probably from an old French form of F.
vigeon, vingeon, gingeon; of uncertain origin; cf. L. vipio,
-onis, a kind of small crane.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially
those belonging to the subgenus {Mareca}, of the genus
{Anas}. The common European widgeon ({Anas penelope}) and the
American widgeon ({A. Americana}) are the most important
species. The latter is called also {baldhead}, {baldpate},
{baldface}, {baldcrown}, {smoking duck}, {wheat}, {duck}, and
{whitebelly}.
{Bald-faced}, or {Green-headed}, widgeon, the American
widgeon.
{Black widgeon}, the European tufted duck.
{Gray widgeon}.
(a) The gadwall.
(b) The pintail duck.
{Great headed widgeon}, the poachard.
{Pied widgeon}.
(a) The poachard.
(b) The goosander.
{Saw-billed widgeon}, the merganser.
{Sea widgeon}. See in the Vocabulary.
{Spear widgeon}, the goosander. [Prov. Eng.]
{Spoonbilled widgeon}, the shoveler.
{White widgeon}, the smew.
{Wood widgeon}, the wood duck.
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