mallard

  1. (countable) Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.
  2. (uncountable) The meat of this bird, eaten as food.

Frequency

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmæl.ɑː(ɹ)d/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English malard, mawlard, mawdelard, from Old French malard, malart, mallart (“male wild duck”), from Old French male, masle (“male”) + -ard, -art. Cognate with Medieval Latin maslardus, mallardus.

wild duck

Anas platyrhynchos

mallard duck

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Anas platyrhynchos

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