mallard

[mal-erd]

noun

plural

mallards ,

plural

mallard .

1. a common, almost cosmopolitan, wild duck, Anas platyrhynchos, from which the domestic ducks are descended.

mallard

/ ˈmælɑːd /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of mallard¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of mallard¹

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

Example Sentences

In Washington, it’s mallards — the most commonly observed species worldwide.

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It’s to the Moscow mallard and her ducklings I head to find out what Russians think of America and of the US election.

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Traffic came to a halt near the South Everett Park & Ride due to a mother mallard and eight ducklings crossing the southbound lanes.

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Third place went to Illumination and Universal’s “Migration,” a PG-rated animated adventure about a family of mallards traveling South.

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Third place went to Illumination and Universal’s “Migration,” a PG-rated animated adventure about a family of mallards traveling South.

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