american widgeon

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   a widgeon the male of which has a white crown

   SynonymsbaldpateAnas americana

   Broaderwidgeon

Questions about american widgeon

What does american widgeon mean?

american widgeon means "a widgeon the male of which has a white crown".

What is another word for american widgeon?

Close synonyms include baldpate, Anas americana. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american widgeon a common word?

american widgeon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.