mallard
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mallards,
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mallard
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of mallard
1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French, Old French mallart mallard drake, drake; see male, -ard
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A mother mallard with her six little ducklings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
The groom wore a bespoke mallard green suit and ornate bolo tie for the ceremony, per Vogue, while the bride rocked some 5-inch Louboutin heels under her Oscar de la Renta gown.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
It’s to the Moscow mallard and her ducklings I head to find out what Russians think of America and of the US election.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2024
He paints a mallard for a competition to get on the 20-cent stamp.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
The names we’ll give to the canals and mountains and cities will fall like so much water on the back of a mallard.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
Little ramps along the reflecting pool help the mallards walk out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Third place went to Illumination and Universal’s “Migration,” a PG-rated animated adventure about a family of mallards traveling South.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 24, 2023
Waldenström’s team now equips black-headed gulls and mallards with transmitters that cellphone towers and satellites can track.
From Science Magazine ● Sep. 26, 2023
Typically, it takes about six months for mallards to pair up, build a nest, lay a clutch of nine to 12 eggs, and begin raising hatchlings.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2023
They were so lifelike it was as if a flock of mallards had flown in the window and settled all over her furniture.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
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