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    WOOD WIDGEON

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Showy North American duck that nests in hollow treesplay

    Synonyms:

    Aix sponsa; summer duck; wood duck; wood widgeon

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("wood widgeon" is a kind of...):

    duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wood widgeon"):

    wood drake (male wood duck)

    Holonyms ("wood widgeon" is a member of...):

    Aix; genus Aix (wood duck and mandarin duck)

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