0 a wild duck that is common in Europe and North America: --
1 a common, wild duck (= type of water bird) --
There were some wild rabbits, and a pair of mallard used to breed there.
Its two rivers no longer flow black with coal dust but have herons and wild mallards nesting there.
Most of the mallard ducks of my acquaintance have now produced some young.
I did not suggest there was a shortage or a running down of mallard.
In this respect they are about as different from mallards as can be imagined.
The mallard duck is indigenous to this country.
The mallard, the common wild duck, for instance, would be well advised to make its nest some weeks later than it usually does.
That can hold 2,000 widgeon or mallards in winter.
