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widgeon |
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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