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especially those belonging to the subgenus Mareca, of the genus Anas. The common European widgeon (Anas penelope) and the American widgeon (A. Americana) are the most important species. The latter is called also baldhead, baldpate, baldface, baldcrown, smoking duck, wheat, duck, and whitebelly. Bald-faced, or Green-hea…

A cant word for anything petty or small. It is used by Drayton as the name of a fairy.

The scaup duck.

The American widgeon (Anas Americana).

ca. The American variety (var. Americana) is larger. Called whistler, garrot, gowdy, pied widgeon, whiteside, curre, and doucker. Barrow's golden-eye of America (G. Islandica) is less common.

ay duck, piketail, piket-tail, spike-tail, split-tail, springtail, sea pheasant, and gray widgeon.

ean duck (Aythya ferina); -- called also goldhead, poker, and fresh-water, or red-headed, widgeon.

The American widgeon. [Local, U.S.] Sea poacher (Zoöl.), the lyrie.

The widgeon.

A flock of widgeons.

A weasel. [Prov. Eng.] Vare widgeon (Zoöl.), a female or young male of the smew; a weasel duck; -- so called from the resemblance of the head to that of a vare, or weasel. [Prov. Eng.]

half-formed whistle, expressing astonishment, scorn, or dislike. Whew duck, the European widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]

The European widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]

The European widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]

The widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]

wax, beeswax rendered white by bleaching. -- White whale (Zoöl.), the beluga. -- White widgeon (Zoöl.), the smew. -- White wine. any wine of a clear, transparent color, bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; -- distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and Burgundy. "White wine of Lepe."…

The American widgeon, or baldpate.

A widgeon. [R.]

builds its nest in trees, whence the name. Called also bridal duck, summer duck, and wood widgeon. (b) The hooded merganser. (c) The Australian maned goose (Chlamydochen jubata). -- Wood echo, an echo from the wood. -- Wood engraver. (a) An engraver on wood. (b) (Zoöl.) Any of several species of small beetles whose l…

The American widgeon. [Local, U. S.]