anas americana

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   a widgeon the male of which has a white crown

   SynonymsAmerican widgeonbaldpate

   Broaderwidgeon

Questions about anas americana

What does anas americana mean?

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

What is another word for anas americana?

Close synonyms include American widgeon, baldpate. 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 anas americana a common word?

anas americana 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.