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Webster 1913 Edition
Widgeon
Widg′eon
,Noun.
[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
. 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Widgeon
WIDGEON
,Noun.