Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Either of two freshwater dabbling ducks, Anas americana of the Americas or A. penelope primarily of Eurasia and Africa, having a grayish or brownish back and a white belly and wing coverts.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
widgeon .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.), rare A widgeon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of three freshwater
dabbling ducks .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Origin unknown.]
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bristolcopywriter commented on the word wigeon
received this in the title to a delightful spam e-mail message, used as a decoy word I presume. It said "Future? wigeon, coot"
February 19, 2010
reesetee commented on the word wigeon
Well, they're absolutely right. The future is wigeon,coot after all. ;-)
February 22, 2010