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plural mallard or mallards
: a common and widely distributed wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos) of the northern hemisphere the males of which have a green head and white-ringed neck and which is the source of the domestic ducks
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The cartoon tale about a family of mallards sustained momentum and flew to $127 million in North America — more than 10 times its debut — and nearly $300 million worldwide.
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
This picture book, written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey, was first published in 1941 and was such a huge hit that a sculpture of its characters, a pair of mallards and their brood of ducklings, was later installed in the Public Garden.
—Kim Foley MacKinnon, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Canada geese and mallards, meanwhile, tend to stick around much later in the fall.
—Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2024
Most waterfowl are likewise still to arrive: While a few species — mallards, Canada geese and mute swans — do breed locally, the vast majority of our ducks are winter birds.
—Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
This picture book, written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey, was first published in 1941 and was such a huge hit that a sculpture of its characters, a pair of mallards and their brood of ducklings, was later installed in the Public Garden.
—Kim Foley MacKinnon, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Canada geese and mallards, meanwhile, tend to stick around much later in the fall.
—Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2024
Most waterfowl are likewise still to arrive: While a few species — mallards, Canada geese and mute swans — do breed locally, the vast majority of our ducks are winter birds.
—Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
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mallard
noun
mal·lard
ˈmal-ərd 
plural mallard or mallards
: a common and widely distributed wild duck of the northern hemisphere the males of which have a green head and white ring around the neck and that is the source of the domestic ducks
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