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单词 vare-widgeon
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vare-widgeonn.

Brit. /ˈvɛːˌwɪdʒ(ᵻ)n/, U.S. /ˈvɛrˌwɪdʒən/
Etymology: < vair n.
dialect.
(See quot. 1813.)
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > genus Mergus (merganser) > mergus albellus (smew)
smeath1622
nun1666
merganser1668
smee1668
smew1674
weasela1682
Easterling1772
magpie diver1796
vare-widgeon1813
1813 G. Montagu Suppl. Ornithol. Dict. at Smew The females and young birds are called in the southern part of Devonshire, Vare-Wigeon, from a supposed similitude about the head to a Weesel, which is denominated Vare.
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