英语词汇“wigeon”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

wigeon

/ˈwɪdʒ(ə)n

(also widgeon)

noun

A dabbling duck with mainly reddish-brown and grey plumage, the male having a whistling call.

Genus Anas, family Anatidae: three species, in particular the European wigeon (A. penelope) and the American wigeon (A. americana).

Females during the breeding season and the young eat many aquatic invertebrates, but aside from that, wigeons are plant-eaters....

Where the trail hugs the edge of the slough, watch for waterfowl - pintails, green-winged teals, and widgeons - and listen for the machine-gun rattle of belted kingfishers.
My first sighting was of large numbers of pink-footed geese and wigeon along with some ringed plover and shelduck.

Early 16th century: perhaps of imitative origin and suggested by pigeon¹.

单词	wigeon
释义	wigeon /ˈwɪdʒ(ə)n / (also widgeon) noun A dabbling duck with mainly reddish-brown and grey plumage, the male having a whistling call. Genus Anas, family Anatidae: three species, in particular the European wigeon (A. penelope) and the American wigeon (A. americana). Females during the breeding season and the young eat many aquatic invertebrates, but aside from that, wigeons are plant-eaters.... Where the trail hugs the edge of the slough, watch for waterfowl - pintails, green-winged teals, and widgeons - and listen for the machine-gun rattle of belted kingfishers. My first sighting was of large numbers of pink-footed geese and wigeon along with some ringed plover and shelduck. Origin Early 16th century: perhaps of imitative origin and suggested by pigeon¹. Rhymes pidgin, pigeon, smidgen
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