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Definition of Mallard

1. Noun. Wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed.

Definition of Mallard

1. n. A drake; the male of Anas boschas.

Definition of Mallard

1. Noun. A common and widespread dabbling duck, ''Anas platyrhynchos'', whose male has a distinctive dark green head. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mallard

1. a wild duck [n -S]

Medical Definition of Mallard

1. 1. A drake; the male of Anas boschas. 2. A large wild duck (Anas boschas) inhabiting both America and Europe. The domestic duck has descended from this species. Synonym: greenhead. Origin: F. Malari,fr. Male male + -art =-ard. See Male, and -ard. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Mallard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1843)
"Trachea of the males with a transverse bony unsymmetrical dilatation at the inferior larynx. THE mallard. ANAS BOSCH AS, Linn. ..."

2. Southern California Quarterly by Los Angeles County Pioneers of Southern California, Historical Society of Southern California (1898)
"CORDELIA mallard. (FROM THE WESTERN GRAPHIC.) The work of the grim reaper is now frequently felt among the pioneer families of Los Angeles, the latest to be ..."

3. The Methods of Petrographic-microscopic Research, Their Relative Accuracy by Frederic Eugene Wright (1911)
"The conversion of the scale divisions into their angular equivalents is accomplished ordinarily by use of the mallard constant of the microscope or by ..."

4. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1918)
"mallard Method for Sections showing the Points of Emergence of Both Optic Axes (1882).—The most accurate methods for determining the value of the axial ..."

5. Oxf. Hist. Soc by Oxford Historical Society (1886)
"ALL SOULS mallard. ... O Í »the blood of King Edward As for our f 4is not at all hard It was a swapping, swapping mallard. ..."

6. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1918)
"mallard Method for Sections showing the Points of Emergence of Both Optic Axes (1882).—The most accurate methods for determining the value of the axial ..."

7. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1914)
"mallard Method for Sections showing the Points of Emergence of Both Optic Axes (1882).—The most accurate methods for determining the value of the axial ..."

8. Worthies of All Souls: Four Centuries of English History, Illustrated from by Montagu Burrows (1874)
"Wood's note is as follows:— ' 14 Jan. at night, used formerly to be called All Souls mallard night, that is, I suppose, no other than the Feast night. ..."

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