baldpate

baldpate
    n 1: a person whose head is bald [syn: {baldhead}, {baldpate},
         {baldy}]
    2: a widgeon the male of which has a white crown [syn: {American
       widgeon}, {baldpate}, {Anas americana}]
    

Scoter \Sco"ter\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up.] (Zool.)
   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 ({Oidemia fusca}). The common
         American species are the velvet, or white-winged,
         scoter ({Oidemia Deglandi}), called also {velvet duck},
         {white-wing}, {bull coot}, {white-winged coot}; the
         black scoter ({Oidemia Americana}), called also {black
         coot}, {butterbill}, {coppernose}; and the surf scoter,
         or surf duck ({Oidemia 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.] (Zool.)
   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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Baldpate \Bald"pate`\, n.
   1. A baldheaded person. --Shak.
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   2. (Zool.) The American widgeon ({Anas Americana}).
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Baldpate \Bald"pate`\, Baldpated \Bald"pat`ed\, a.
   Destitute of hair on the head; baldheaded. --Shak.
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