wigeon
IPA: wˈɪdʒɪn
noun
- Any of three freshwater dabbling ducks.
- (dated) A fool.
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Examples of "wigeon" in Sentences
- The main birds were oystercatchers, knot and wigeon.
- In the larger channels and pools wigeon are dabbling.
- The wigeon is a beautiful duck that originated in Europe and Asia.
- "One wigeon nearby had its head underwater and was completely clueless the whole time."
- As usual the noisiest birds were the drake wigeon with their musical double whistle, which is very penetrating.
- From below and almost through the middle of these lapwings blasts a denser flock of wigeon with even greater urgency.
- More wigeon, and a few flocks of teal fly in, descending on to the dark water before clambering out on to the muddy ground.
- Knot spun away in a grey miniature cloud, wigeon split up into small groups while the redshanks did not seem to know what to do.
- Photographer Anthony Gibson was lucky enough to capture an attempt by this lynx to grab an American wigeon in Alaska's Denali National Park.
- Northern pintail, shoveler, green-winged teal and mallard are most numerous, but a discerning eye will spot many types of ducks such as wigeon, cinnamon teal, gadwall and varieties of divers like canvasback, ring-necked and ruddy ducks.
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