widgeon

wid·geon also wi·geon (w

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]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a variant spelling of wigeon

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Noun

widgeon - 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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Aix
Aix sponsa
American widgeon
Anas americana
Anas penelope
Bald-faced widgeon
baldpate
Black widgeon
genus Aix
genus Anas
Gray widgeon
Great headed widgeon
Pied widgeon
Poachard
Saw-billed widgeon
Spear widgeon
Spoonbilled widgeon
summer duck
Whew duck

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.

The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

They came in there like widgeon to the reeds, and round and round they swung--thus

The Second Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard View in context

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