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Definition of the mallard in English English dictionary: greenhead
mallard: Called also greenhead
mallard: A common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos, whose male has a distinctive dark green head
mallard: A drake; the male of Anas boschas
mallard: A large wild duck (Anas boschas) inhabiting both America and Europe
mallard: The domestic duck has descended from this species
mallard: 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
mallard: {i} common wild duck which is the source for most domesticated ducks
mallard: wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed

the mallard

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the mal·lard

dhi mälırd

/ᴛʜē ˈmalərd/ /ðiː ˈmælɜrd/

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