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mallard
[ mal-erd ]
noun
- a common, almost cosmopolitan, wild duck, Anas platyrhynchos, from which the domestic ducks are descended.
mallard
/ ˈ³¾Ã¦±ôÉ‘Ë»å /
noun
- a duck, Anas platyrhynchos, common over most of the N hemisphere, the male of which has a dark green head and reddish-brown breast: the ancestor of all domestic breeds of duck
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of mallard1
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In Washington, it’s mallards — the most commonly observed species worldwide.
It’s to the Moscow mallard and her ducklings I head to find out what Russians think of America and of the US election.
Traffic came to a halt near the South Everett Park & Ride due to a mother mallard and eight ducklings crossing the southbound lanes.
Third place went to Illumination and Universal’s “Migration,†a PG-rated animated adventure about a family of mallards traveling South.
Third place went to Illumination and Universal’s “Migration,†a PG-rated animated adventure about a family of mallards traveling South.
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