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AMERICAN WIDGEON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does American widgeon mean? 

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

1. a widgeon the male of which has a white crownplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


AMERICAN WIDGEON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A widgeon the male of which has a white crown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

American widgeon; Anas americana; baldpate

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

Anas penelope; widgeon; wigeon (freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals)


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