mallard
a common, almost cosmopolitan, wild duck, Anas platyrhynchos, from which the domestic ducks are descended.
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How to use mallard in a sentence
It launches with an amusing ruse: Bond makes his entrance swimming underwater, disguised by a mallard he wears as a hat.
Best James Bond Opening Sequences: ‘Goldeneye’ & More (VIDEO) | Kevin Fallon | October 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHis reverie was interrupted by the arrival of a fine mallard, which was bagged without delay.
Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail | Arthur R. ThompsonThe Fern Fly—dubbed with the fur from a hare's neck, which is of a fern colour, wings dark grey feather of mallard.
The Teesdale Angler | R LakelandThe Camel Brown—dubbed with old brownish hair, with red silk, wings dark grey feather from mallard.
The Teesdale Angler | R LakelandThe Dark Brown—dubbed with the brown hair of a cow, and the grey feather of a mallard for wings.
The Teesdale Angler | R Lakeland
The Great Whirling Dun—dubbed with squirrels fur, for wings, grey feather of mallard.
The Teesdale Angler | R Lakeland
British Dictionary definitions for mallard
/ (ˈmælɑːd) /
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
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