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mallard

Noun

mal=lard

WORDNET DICTIONARY

mallard(n = noun.animal) anas platyrhynchos - wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed; Array

is a kind of duck

is a member of anas, genus anas

mallard, n. [F. malari,fr. mâle male + -art = -ard. See Male, a., and -ard.].

A drake; the male of Anas boschas. [1913 Webster]
A large wild duck (Anas boschas) inhabiting both America and Europe. The domestic duck has descended from this species. Called also greenhead. [1913 Webster]

mallard, n. (pl. same or mallards)
1 a wild duck or drake, Anas platyrhynchos, of the northern hemisphere.
2 the flesh of the mallard.

Etymology

ME f. OF prob. f. maslart (unrecorded, as MALE)

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