2. (Zo["o]l.) A large wild duck ({Anas boschas}) inhabiting both America and Europe. The domestic duck has descended from this species. Called also {greenhead}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Mallard — bezeichnet eine Lokomotive, siehe LNER Klasse A4 ein Flugzeug der Firma Grumman, siehe Grumman G 73 Mallard eine Programmiersprache Mallard BASIC eine Rockband, siehe Mallard (Band) eine Auszeichnungssprache für Nutzerdokumentation und… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Mallard — Mallard, IA U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 298 Housing Units (2000): 143 Land area (2000): 0.380287 sq. miles (0.984940 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.380287 sq. miles (0.984940 sq. km)… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Mallard, IA — U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 298 Housing Units (2000): 143 Land area (2000): 0.380287 sq. miles (0.984940 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.380287 sq. miles (0.984940 sq. km) FIPS code:… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
mallard — [mal′ərd] n. pl. mallards or mallard [ME < OFr malart < * maslart < masle: see MALE] the common wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos), from which the domestic duck is descended: the male has a green or bluish black head, a thin band of white… … English World dictionary
Mallard — Mallard, Mallart Voir Maillard … Noms de famille
mallard — c.1300, wild drake or duck, from O.Fr. malart (12c.) or M.L. mallardus, apparently from male, from L. masculus (see MALE (Cf. male)), in which case the original sense probably was not of a specific species but of any male wild duck, though the… … Etymology dictionary
mallard — ► NOUN ▪ a common duck, the male of which has a dark green head and white collar. ORIGIN Old French, wild drake , from masle male … English terms dictionary
Mallard — For other uses, see Mallard (disambiguation). Wild Duck redirects here. For the play by Henrik Ibsen, see The Wild Duck. Mallard Female (left) and male (right) … Wikipedia
Mallard — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Mallard peut désigner : Canard colvert, en anglais, Mallard, une localité du comté de Palo Alto dans l Iowa aux États Unis, Mallard, une ville… … Wikipédia en Français
mallard — /mal euhrd/, n., pl. mallards, (esp. collectively) mallard. a common, almost cosmopolitan, wild duck, Anas platyrhynchos, from which the domestic ducks are descended. [1275 1325; ME < MF, OF mallart mallard drake, drake; see MALE, ARD] * * *… … Universalium
