mallard
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mallard/ˈmalɑːd/
▶noun (pl. same or mallards) the commonest duck of the northern hemisphere, the male having a dark green head and white collar. [Anas platyrhynchos.]
– origin ME: from OFr. ‘wild drake’, from masle ‘male’.
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