MALLARD


Meaning of MALLARD in English

/mal"euhrd/ , n. , pl. mallards , ( esp. collectively ) mallard .

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

[ 1275-1325; ME mallart mallard drake, drake; see MALE, -ARD ]

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