widgeons

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

Shoveler ducks, pintails, mallards, widgeons, teal, rudy ducks, canvasbacks, redheads, ring necked ducks, bluebills, and others fly in.

Virginia Bird Watching by John C. Banks / Travel, recreation and leisure community

EWHC was isolated from a Eurasian widgeon in a large lake where many widgeons were found dead.

Avian influenza (H5N1) virus in waterfowl and chickens, central China by Jin, Meilin / Emerging Infectious Diseases

Large numbers of widgeons and teals are also beginning to arrive from their arctic breeding grounds ready for a winter stay at the reserve.

Farmers open new market at nature reserve; FARM & COUNTRY by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

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