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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dabblers like the mallard seem to demand that the spiral moves clockwise from the eye over the full round forehead.
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Darwin noticed that some monogamous birds have very colorful males: mallards, for example, and blackbirds.
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Daybreak A little mist hangs above the pond, which is still save for a single mallard paddling slowly back and forth.
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Moorhens, mallards, grebes and a heron work the murky water for their evening meals.
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Rain sheeted down on gad wall, tufted duck, coot and mallard .
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Teal and mallard dabbled behind wave-preventing barriers.
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There is a fancy mailbox in the shape of a mallard with the name Alvesteffer beneath it.
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Yield is best from ducks that weigh at least 4 pounds, although many mallards weigh only 2 to 3 pounds.