widgeon : Idioms & Phrases


american widgeon

  • noun a widgeon the male of which has a white crown
    Anas americana; baldpate.
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Bald-faced, ∨ Green-headed

  • widgeon, the American widgeon.
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Black widgeon

  • the European tufted duck.
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Gray widgeon

  • . (a) The gadwall. (b) The pintail duck.
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Great headed widgeon

  • the poachard.
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Pied widgeon

  • . (a) The poachard. (b) The goosander.
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Saw-billed widgeon

  • the merganser.
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Sea widgeon

  • . See in the Vocabulary.
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Spear widgeon

  • the goosander. Prov. Eng.
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Spoonbilled widgeon

  • the shoveler.
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Vare widgeon

  • (Zoöl.), a female or young male of the smew; a weasel duck; so called from the resemblance of the head to that of a vare, or weasel. Prov. Eng.
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White widgeon

  • (Zoöl.), the smew.
  • the smew.
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Wood widgeon

  • noun showy North American duck that nests in hollow trees
    Aix sponsa; wood duck; summer duck.
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  • the wood duck.
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