a dabbling duck with mainly reddish-brown and grey plumage, the male having a whistling call 野鸭,赤颈鸭
Genus Anas, family Anatidae: three species, in particular the European wigeon (A. penelope) and the American wigeon (A. americana) 河鸭属,鸭科:3种,尤指赤颈鸭(拉丁名A. penelope)和绿眉鸭(拉丁名A. americana)
语源
early 16th cent.: perhaps of imitative origin and suggested by pigeon