MALLARD


Meaning of MALLARD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈma-lərd ]

noun

( plural mallard or mallards )

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French mallart

Date: 14th century

: a common and widely distributed wild duck ( Anas platyrhynchos ) of the northern hemisphere the males of which have a green head and white-ringed neck and which is the source of the domestic ducks

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