1. Having the hair, fur, or plumage of the head white or very light
2. Specially favored; fortunate — used especially in the phrase white-headed boy

Species of S African antelope with white facial spot.
African antelope Damaliscus albifrons, about 1 m/3 ft high, with curved horns, brownish body, and a white blaze on the face. It was seriously depleted in the wild at the end of the 19th century. A few protected herds survive in South Africa. It is farmed for meat.

Reddish, white-faced antelope of S Africa.

Type genus of the Anatidae: freshwater ducks; Also called: genus Anas.

ETYM Probably from an old French form of French vigeon, vingeon, gingeon; of uncertain origin; cf. Latin vipio, -onis, a kind of small crane.
Freshwater duck, kind of fresh-water duck with light crown.
Freshwater duck of Eurasia and North Africa related to mallards and teals; SYN. wigeon, Anas penelope.

Either of two species of dabbling duck of genus Anas.
The American wigeon A. americana, about 48 cm/19 in long, is found along both coasts in winter and breeds inland. Males have a white-capped head and a green eye stripe.
The Eurasian wigeon A. penelope has a dark head without eye stripe. It is a regular winter visitor along both North American coasts.

Large North American eagle having a white head and dark wings and body; SYN. American eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus.
An eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) of North America that is brown when young with white only on the undersides of the wings but in full adult plumage has white head and neck feathers and a white tail.