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Webster 1913 Edition

Garganey

Gar′ga-ney

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
A small European duck (
Anas querquedula
); – called also
cricket teal
, and
summer teal
.

Definition 2024

garganey

garganey

English

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Noun

garganey ‎(plural garganeys)

  1. A small dabbling duck, Anas querquedula, that breeds in much of Europe and western Asia, and winters in Africa.

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Etymology

From the Italian dialect word gargenei, variant of garganello, ultimately comes from Late Latin gargala ‎(“tracheal artery”). The English usage owes its origins to Conrad Gesner, who used the Italian name in the third volume of his Historiae Animalium (History of Animals) of 1555.

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