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mallard

/ˈmæl.əd/

/ˈmæl.ɚd/

Translations

mallardnoun

mallards

/ˈmæl.əd/

/ˈmæl.ɚd/

canard colvert

The pond was home to a family of mallards, with the male's bright green head easily visible from a distance.

L'étang abritait une famille de canards colverts, et la tête vert vif du mâle était facilement visible de loin.

Additional translations

chair de canard colvertSens culinaire.

Synonyms

Anas platyrhynchos

wild duck

mallardadjective

/ˈmæl.ɑːd/

/ˈmæl.ɑrd/

Used attributively to describe things related to the mallard duck; rarely gradable.

de colvert

Conservationists are studying mallard migration patterns.

Les défenseurs de l'environnement étudient les schémas de migration de colvert.

Synonyms

mallardnoun

A common and widespread species of wild duck, known for the male's distinctive green head and the female's mottled brown plumage.

The pond was home to a family of mallards, with the male's bright green head easily visible from a distance.

The flesh of a mallard used as food.

We roasted a mallard for the holiday dinner.

mallardadjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the mallard duck.

Conservationists are studying mallard migration patterns.