mallard

[ mal-erd ]

noun,plural mal·lards, (especially collectively) mal·lard.
  1. a common, almost cosmopolitan, wild duck, Anas platyrhynchos, from which the domestic ducks are descended.

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Origin of mallard

1
1275–1325; Middle English <Middle French, Old French mallart mallard drake, drake; see male, -ard

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How to use mallard in a sentence

  • The Great Whirling Dun—dubbed with squirrels fur, for wings, grey feather of mallard.

    The Teesdale Angler | R Lakeland

British Dictionary definitions for mallard

mallard

/ (ˈmælɑːd) /


nounplural -lard or -lards
  1. a duck, Anas platyrhynchos, common over most of the N hemisphere, the male of which has a dark green head and reddish-brown breast: the ancestor of all domestic breeds of duck

Origin of mallard

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C14: from Old French mallart, perhaps from maslart (unattested); see male, -ard

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