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widgeon

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wid·geon also wi·geon  (wjn)
n. pl. widgeon also wigeon or wid·geons also wi·geons
Either of two wild, freshwater ducks (Anas americana of North America or A. penelope of Europe) having a grayish or brownish back and a white belly and wing coverts. The European widgeon has a reddish-brown head and creamy crown, and the American widgeon has a shiny white crown.
[Origin unknown.]
widgeon [ˈwɪdʒən]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a variant spelling of wigeon
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.widgeonwidgeon - freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals
Anas penelope, wigeon
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
Translations
widgeon [ˈwɪdʒən] N → ánade m silbón
widgeon
n → Pfeifente f


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Should he wish to land, it is merely because he has seen a large flight of landrails or plovers, of wild ducks, teal, widgeon, or woodchucks, which fall an easy pray to net or gun.
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They came in there like widgeon to the reeds, and round and round they swung--thus
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