mallard

English - Turkish

Definition of mallard in English Turkish dictionary: yaban ördeği; yabanördeği; bir çeşit yaban ördeği; i., zool. yeşilbaş; {i} yeşilbaş; zool Anas platyrhynchos; yaban ördek

English - English

Definition of mallard in English English dictionary: A common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos, whose male has a distinctive dark green head; Called also greenhead; A drake; the male of Anas boschas; A large wild duck (Anas boschas) inhabiting both America and Europe; The domestic duck has descended from this species; A mallard is a kind of wild duck which is very common. a type of wild duck (mallart, probably from masle, male ). Abundant "wild duck" (Anas platyrhynchos, family Anatidae) of the Northern Hemisphere, ancestor of most domestic ducks. The mallard is a typical dabbling duck in its general habits and courtship display. The drake of the common mallard (subspecies A. p. platyrhynchos) has a metallic green or purplish head, reddish breast, and light-gray body; the hen is mottled yellowish brown. Both sexes have a yellow bill and a purplish blue, white-bordered wing mark. Males and females of the Greenland mallard (A. p. conboschas) also differ markedly in plumage. In the other subspecies, both sexes resemble the female common mallard. Mallards are found throughout most of Asia, Europe, and northern North America; {i} common wild duck which is the source for most domesticated ducks; wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed
The mallard: greenhead
mallards: plural of mallard

mallard

Hyphenation

mal·lard

mälırd

/ˈmalərd/ /ˈmælɜrd/

[ 'ma-l&rd ] (noun.) 14th century. Old French malart, mallart, possibly derived from malle (“male”).

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