mallard
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- 10
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- 13
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Definition of mallard
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable)Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.
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noun
- (countable)Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.
- (uncountable)The meat of this bird, eaten as food.
name
- (countable, uncountable)A surname.
- (countable, uncountable)A minor city in Palo Alto County, Iowa, United States, named for the duck.
- (countable, uncountable)A ghost town in Itasca Township, Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States, named after a nearby lake.
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Etymology
From Middle English malard, mawlard, from Old French malard, malart, mallart (“male wild duck”), from Old French male, masle (“male”) + -ard, -art. Cognate with Medieval Latin maslardus, mallardus.
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