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wigeon
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wi·geon  (wjn)
n.
Variant of widgeon.
wigeon, widgeon [ˈwɪdʒən]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a Eurasian duck, Anas penelope, of marshes, swamps, etc., the male of which has a reddish-brown head and chest and grey and white back and wings
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals)
American wigeon Also called baldpate a similar bird, Anas americana, of North America, the male of which has a white crown
[of uncertain origin]
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Noun1.wigeon - freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and tealswigeon - freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals
Anas penelope, widgeon
duck - small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
Anas, genus Anas - type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks
American widgeon, Anas americana, baldpate - a widgeon the male of which has a white crown
wigeon noun
Related words
collective nouns bunch, company, knob, flight
Translations
wigeon [ˈwɪdʒən] N → ánade m silbón
wigeon [ˈwɪdʒən] n (Zool) → fischione m
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Falmouth has had both American and Eurasian wigeon this winter, as well as canvasbacks, redheads, greater scaup, harlequins, and Barrow's goldeneyes.
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Variation in T1 content was observed between sampling locations with the highest mean T1 content in the Eurasian wigeon (Anas penelope) collected in Ibaraki Prefecture.
J Wildl Dis: Thallium contamination in wild ducks in Japan by Mochizuki, M.; Mori, M.; Akinagal, M. / Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery
Contreras believes the Falcated Duck he saw "got itself in with some Eurasian wigeons in northeast Siberia and, instead of going south on the Japan side of the Pacific, it ended up coming down this side of the Pacific with the wigeons and ended up right here.
BIRDS on the WIRE by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
 
 
 
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