mallard
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- noun
- /ˈmæl.ərd/
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ánade real
- In my mind, I can see that mallard flying up toward the sun.
- mallard ducks
- wild mallard
- birds, including mallard
Well, all the ducks I've seen are like mallards or like geese.
- Well, all the ducks I've seen are like mallards or like geese.
- And if anybody knows about Mallard ducks, they're one of the most skittish creatures in the world.
Examples
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Thereafter, I watched a green mallard wing its solitary way southward down the broad, invisible flyway.
Fiction book (1999) -
Lie there in the dark, waiting for those mallards to fly by.
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I brought you a nice family of mallards.
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Look at all them mallards.
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And if anybody knows about Mallard ducks, they're one of the most skittish creatures in the world.
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We spent the afternoon on a hill overlooking the marshy end, watching the mallards and arguing over the binoculars.
Fiction book (1993) -
A magnificent and utterly authentic-sounding quack echoed through the lobby, the cry of the mallard patriarch in his pond.
Fiction book (2001) -
We owned horses, dairy cows, goats, a few sheep, chickens, guinea fowl, geese, and semi-tame mallard ducks.
Fiction book (2001) -
During the migration season, we often see mallards swimming gracefully on the lake.
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A pair of mallards landed in the backyard, quacking happily as they searched for food.
Synonyms
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A water bird with webbed feet, a wide beak, and short neck
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A water bird like a mallard that lives in lakes and rivers and is not kept by people
A common wild duck, the mallard, that most domestic ducks come from
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Etymology
Mallard comes from an old French word malart that meant 'wild drake' or 'male duck', so the name first called the male bird. That's why the word brings to mind the male's bright green head and later was used for the whole common wild duck.