baldpate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: baldpate	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for baldpate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
baldpate n a person whose head is bald [syn: baldhead, baldpate, baldy] a widgeon the male of which has a white crown Synonym(s): American widgeon, baldpate, Anas americana
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.] (Zo[94]l.) 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 ({A. Americana}) are the most important species. The latter is called also {baldhead}, {baldpate}, {baldface}, {baldcrown}, {smoking duck}, {wheat}, {duck}, and {whitebelly}. {Bald-faced}, [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scoter \Sco"ter\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. scote to plow up.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus {Oidemia}. Note: The European scoters are {Oidemia nigra}, called also {black duck}, {black diver}, {surf duck}; and the velvet, or double, scoter ({O. fusca}). The common American species are the velvet, or white-winged, scoter ({O. Deglandi}), called also {velvet duck}, {white-wing}, {bull coot}, {white-winged coot}; the black scoter ({O. Americana}), called also {black coot}, {butterbill}, {coppernose}; and the surf scoter, or surf duck ({O. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baldpate \Bald"pate`\, Baldpated \Bald"pat`ed\, a. Destitute of hair on the head; baldheaded. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baldpate \Bald"pate`\, n. 1. A baldheaded person. --Shak. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The American widgeon ({Anas Americana}).