whewer
whewer · whewers
Whew duck, Eurasian wigeon, wigeonWhew duck, Eurasian wigeon, wigeon (Mareca penelope).
/hwjuːə/
Meaning
1 senses(UK, dialectal)Whew duck, Eurasian wigeon, wigeon (Mareca penelope).
Origin
Century, Wright's English Dialect Dictionary and the 1933 OED take it to be from whew (“(tCentury, 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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