WIGEON
Dictionary entry overview: What does wigeon mean? • WIGEON (noun)
The noun WIGEON has 1 sense:
1. freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals
Familiarity information: WIGEON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WIGEON (noun)
Meaning:
Freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Anas penelope; widgeon; wigeon
Hypernyms ("wigeon" 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 "wigeon"):
American widgeon; Anas americana; baldpate (a widgeon the male of which has a white crown)
Holonyms ("wigeon" is a member of...):
Anas; genus Anas (type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks)
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