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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GARGANEY

GARGANEY Gar "ga *ney, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A small European duck (Anas querquedula ); -- called also cricket teal, and summer teal.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

garganey

gar ga ney |ˈgärgənē ˈɡɑrɡəni | ▶noun ( pl. same or garganeys ) a small Eurasian duck, the male of which has a dark brown head with a white stripe from the eye to the neck. [Anas querquedula, family Anatidae. ] ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Italian dialect garganei, of imitative origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

garganey

garganey |ˈgɑːg (ə )ni | ▶noun ( pl. same or garganeys ) a small Eurasian duck, the male of which has a dark brown head with a white stripe from the eye to the neck. ●Anas querquedula, family Anatidae. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Italian dialect garganei, of imitative origin.