whewer

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. whew duck, Eurasian wigeon, wigeon (Mareca penelope). UK,dialectal
    — Peckards 3—broadbills 5—whewers 2

词形变化

whewers plural

词源

Century, Wright's English Dialect Dictionary and the 1933 OED take it to be from whew (“(to make) a shrill whistling sound like the cry of a plover”) + -er, and early cites also call the bird the "whistling widgeon".
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