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garganey|ˈgɑːgənɪ|
Forms: 7 gargane, (8–9 gargany), 7– garganey.
[Taken from Gesner Hist. Anim. (1555) iii. 127, who gives garganey (sic) as the It. name used about Bellinzona; the dim. garganello, he says, was in Italy applied to various other birds of similar appearance.]
A species of teal (Anas querquedula).
1668Wilkins Real Char. ii. v. §4. 156 To the Teal-kind should be reduced that other fowl, of the like shape and bigness..called Gargane. 1678Ray Willughby's Ornith. 377 The Garganey..In bigness it something exceeds the common Teal. 1766Pennant Zool. (1776) II. 512 Garganey..in many places these birds are called the Summer Teal. 1863Kingsley Water Bab. 269 The birds began to gather at Allfowlsness..harelds and garganeys, smews and gooseanders. 1876Smiles Sc. Natur. xiii. (ed. 4) 259 The Teal, the Garganey..and the Eider Duck visit the loch occasionally in Winter. |