Baldface

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {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.
        [1913 Webster]