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What (who) is wigeon - definition
wigeon
SUBGENUS OF BIRDS
Widgeon; Anas (Mareca)
['w?d?(?)n]
(also widgeon)
¦ noun a dabbling duck with mainly reddish-brown and grey plumage, the male having a whistling call. [Anas penelope (Eurasia) and A. americana (N. America).]
Origin
C16: perh. of imitative origin and suggested by pigeon1.
Wigeon
SUBGENUS OF BIRDS
Widgeon; Anas (Mareca)
The wigeons or widgeons are a group of birds, dabbling ducks currently classified in the genus Mareca along with two other species. There are three extant species of wigeon, in addition to one recently extinct species.
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Wigeon
The wigeons or widgeons are a group of birds, dabbling ducks currently classified in the genus Mareca along with two other species. There are three extant species of wigeon, in addition to one recently extinct species.
Examples of use of wigeon
1. The species considered most at risk of carrying the virus are teal, pochard, mallard, Eurasian wigeon, ruff, northern pintail, tufted duck, shoveler, gadwall and possibly lapwing.
2. The main species being sought for testing are teal, pochard, mallard, Eurasian wigeon, ruff, northern pintail, tufted duck, shoveler, gadwall, possibly lapwing, and other gull, goose and duck species.
3. A teal shot in eastern England was found to have a low pathogenic strain of the H5 virus, while a wild mallard shot in West Lothian, Scotland, and a wigeon killed in South Wales, were discovered to have other low pathogenic viruses.