Widgeon

Definition

widgeon /'wÇdʒǝn/ n ( pl unchanged or widgeons ) ဘဲအ။

Examples

1. ‘Where the trail hugs the edge of the slough
2. watch for waterfowl - pintails
3. green-winged teals
4. and widgeons - and listen for the machine-gun rattle of belted kingfishers.’
5. ‘Bird species like garganey
6. gadwall
7. mallard
8. shoveller
9. pintail and wigeon use the lake in transit.’
10. ‘My first sighting was of large numbers of pink-footed geese and wigeon along with some ringed plover and shelduck.’
11. ‘Females during the breeding season and the young eat many aquatic invertebrates
12. but aside from that
13. wigeons are plant-eaters.’
14. ‘Where once there were acres of grain
15. there are now acres of barnacle geese; where sheep once grazed
16. there are widgeon and teal; lapwing and redshanks have replaced the cattle; his new crops are spoonbills
17. snipe
18. skylarks and linnets.’