Found 2 hits - Term: pied widgeon, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
golden-eye \gold"en-eye`\ g=old"'nimac, n. zool.
a duck glaucionetta clangula, found in northern europe,
asia, and america. the american variety var. americana is
larger. called whistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon,
whiteside, curre, and doucker. barrow's golden-eye of
america glaucionetta islandica is less common.
1913 webster
see also:
glaucionetta clangula whistler garrot gowdy pied widgeon whiteside
curre doucker glaucionetta islandica
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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. zool.
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 anas americana are the most important
species. the latter is called also baldhead, baldpate,
baldface, baldcrown, smoking duck, wheat, duck, and
whitebelly.
1913 webster
bald-faced widgeon, 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.
1913 webster
see also:
mareca anas anas penelope anas americana baldhead baldpate
baldface baldcrown smoking duck wheat duck
whitebelly bald-faced widgeon green-headed widgeon black widgeon gray widgeon
great headed widgeon pied widgeon saw-billed widgeon sea widgeon spear widgeon
spoonbilled widgeon white widgeon wood widgeon
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