3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Widgeon \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poachard \Poach"ard\, n. [From {Poach} to stab.] [Written also
{pocard}, {pochard}.] (Zo["o]l.)
a A common European duck ({Aythya ferina}); -- called also
{goldhead}, {poker}, and {fresh-water, or red-headed},
{widgeon}.
b The American redhead, which is closely allied to the
European poachard.
{Red-crested poachard} (Zo["o]l.), an Old World duck ({Branta
rufina}).
{Scaup poachard}, the scaup duck.
{Tufted poachard}, a scaup duck ({Aythya, or Fuligula
cristata}), native of Europe and Asia.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
widgeon
n : freshwater duck of Eurasia and North Africa related to
mallards and teals [syn: {wigeon}, {Anas penelope}]
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