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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sea wid·geon Zool. (a) The scaup duck. (b) The pintail duck.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Widg·eon n.  Zool. Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially those belonging to the subgenus Mareca, of the genus Anas. The common European widgeon (Anas penelope) and the American widgeon (Anas Americana) are the most important species. The latter is called also baldhead, baldpate, baldface, baldcrown, smoking duck, wheat, duck, and whitebelly.
 Bald-faced widgeon, or Green-headed widgeon, the American widgeon.
 Black widgeon, the European tufted duck.
 Gray widgeon. (a) The gadwall. (b) The pintail duck.
 Great headed widgeon, the poachard.
 Pied widgeon. (a) The poachard. (b) The goosander.
 Saw-billed widgeon, the merganser.
 Sea widgeon. See in the Vocabulary.
 Spear widgeon, the goosander. [Prov. Eng.]
 Spoonbilled widgeon, the shoveler.
 White widgeon, the smew.
 Wood widgeon, the wood duck.
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