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Added 10 October 2026

whewer

/hwjuːə/ noun

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whew duck, Eurasian wigeon, wigeon (Mareca penelope).

Origin

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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