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WIDGEON

• WIDGEON (noun)
The noun WIDGEON has 1 sense:

1. freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals

Familiarity information: WIDGEON used as a noun is very rare.

• WIDGEON (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anas penelope; widgeon; wigeon

Hypernyms ("widgeon" is a kind of...):

duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "widgeon"):

American widgeon; Anas americana; baldpate (a widgeon the male of which has a white crown)

Holonyms ("widgeon" is a member of...):

Anas; genus Anas (type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks)

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Useful links:
Meaning of American widgeon
Meaning of baldpate
Meaning of Anas
Pronunciation of Anas americana
Meaning of genus Anas

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