mallard
Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout…Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.
» There are mallard ducks near the pond.
Da sind Stockenten am Teich.
Meaning
2 senses(countable)Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.
Stockente
обыкнове́нная кря́кваobyknovénnaja krjákva
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(uncountable)The meat of this bird, eaten as food.
- wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed
Examples
4 sentencesThere are mallard ducks near the pond.
deDa sind Stockenten am Teich.
The quacking of the mallard sounded like the laugh of an evil superhero.
Tom has a huge mallard.
"Tom has a giant wooden statue of a mallard." "Ooh, I love big hard ducks!"
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English malard, mawlard, from Old French malard, malart, mallart (“male wild dFrom Middle English malard, mawlard, from Old French malard, malart, mallart (“male wild duck”), from Old French male, masle (“male”) + -ard, -art. Cognate with Medieval Latin maslardus, mallardus.
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Forms
plural: mallards / mallardSynonyms
1 synonyms- wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed:Anas platyrhynchos
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable