Whewer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /hwjuːə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Whewer is a noun meaning (UK, dialect) whew duck, Eurasian wigeon, wigeon (Mareca penelope).
Meaning
(UK, dialect) whew duck, Eurasian wigeon, wigeon (Mareca penelope).
Example Sentences
Peckards 3—broadbills 5—whewers 2
Boscas, aliis Anas Fistularis … the Whewer, or Whistling Widgeon.
the choicer fowl of mallard and widgeon (locally "whewers"), both in the Humber and the Tees, the former species being, of course, resident in the county.
With the Fish I have put up in a Box some Water Fowl, viz. a Pocker, a Smew, three Sheldins, a Widgeon, and a Whewer; which two last are Male and Female of the same kind.
Word Forms
- whewers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include widgeon, whim, wheelbird, wekeen, wigeon, piewipe.
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