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widgeon

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I have to go ask The King of All Duck Sounds if it's a duck, a coot, a widgeon or maybe a grebe.

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Alternative spelling of wigeon. [Any of three freshwater dabbling ducks.]

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noun

Alternative spelling of wigeon. [Any of three freshwater dabbling ducks.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for widgeon.

noun

Alternative spelling of wigeon. [Any of three freshwater dabbling ducks.]

See also: wigeon, anas-penelope

Example sentences

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I have to go ask The King of All Duck Sounds if it's a duck, a coot, a widgeon or maybe a grebe.

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More likely than an allegation, Buffett was lucky enough to in fact be a pilot and owned a Grumman Widgeon seaplane[1] until he was lucky enough to survive abruptly decommissioning the plane[2] in 1994.

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How do you use widgeon in a sentence?

I have to go ask The King of All Duck Sounds if it's a duck, a coot, a widgeon or maybe a grebe.

What does widgeon mean?

Alternative spelling of wigeon. [Any of three freshwater dabbling ducks.]

What part of speech is widgeon?

widgeon is commonly used as noun.