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whewer.

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

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/hwjuːə//ʍjuːə//hwjuːɚ//ʍjuːɚ/
  1. whew duck, Eurasian wigeon, wigeon (Mareca penelope).

    UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

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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