| 释义 |
whewer dial.|ˈhwjuːə(r)|
[app. f. whew v.1 + -er1.]
The female wigeon, Mareca penelope.
1634Althorp MS. in Simpkinson Washingtons (1860) p. xxiii, Peckards 3—broadbills 5—whewers 2. 1668Charleton Onomast. 100 Boscas, aliis Anas Fistularis..the Whewer, or Whistling Widgeon. 1674in Corr. J. Ray (1848) 16, I have put up in a box..a Widgeon and a Whewer. 1734E. Albin Nat. Hist. Birds II. 88. 1804 [see whew n.1 4]. |