Found 2 items, similar to baldpate.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: baldpate
baldpate
n 1: a person whose head is bald [syn:
baldhead,
baldy]
2: American widgeon the male of which has a white crown [syn:
American widgeon
,
Anas americana]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: baldpate
Scoter
\Sco"ter\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus
Oidemia.
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Note: The European scoters are
Oidemia nigra, called also
black duck,
black diver,
surf duck; and the
velvet, or double, scoter (
O. fusca). The common
American species are the velvet, or white-winged,
scoter (
O. Deglandi), called also
velvet duck,
white-wing,
bull coot,
white-winged coot; the
black scoter (
O. Americana), called also
black coot
,
butterbill,
coppernose; and the surf scoter,
or surf duck (
O. perspicillata), called also
baldpate,
skunkhead,
horsehead,
patchhead,
pishaug, and spectacled coot. These birds are
collectively called also
coots. The females and young
are called gray coots, and brown coots.
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Widgeon
\Widg"eon\, n. [Probably from an old French form of F.
vigeon, vingeon, gingeon; of uncertain origin; cf. L. vipio,
-onis, a kind of small crane.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of fresh-water ducks, especially
those belonging to the subgenus
Mareca, of the genus
Anas. The common European widgeon (
Anas penelope) and the
American widgeon (
Anas Americana) are the most important
species. The latter is called also
baldhead,
baldpate,
baldface,
baldcrown,
smoking duck,
wheat,
duck, and
whitebelly.
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Bald-faced widgeon, or
Green-headed widgeon, the American
widgeon.
Black widgeon, the European tufted duck.
Gray widgeon.
(a) The gadwall.
(b) The pintail duck.
Great headed widgeon, the poachard.
Pied widgeon.
(a) The poachard.
(b) The goosander.
Saw-billed widgeon, the merganser.
Sea widgeon. See in the Vocabulary.
Spear widgeon, the goosander. [Prov. Eng.]
Spoonbilled widgeon, the shoveler.
White widgeon, the smew.
Wood widgeon, the wood duck.
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