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Meanings of wild duck in inglês

A duck (Anas platyrhynchos) which breeds throughout the temperate and sub-tropical areas of America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Synonyms
Examples for "mallard"
Examples for "mallard"
1
A flight of mallard wheels overhead and glides down towards the water.
Waiting for the Barbarians
2
But we don't have to look a gift mallard in the eye.
The House of a Thousand Candles
3
They look a little larger than mallard ducks, and are well feathered.
Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888
4
Soon a large flight came over, mixed up with mallard and widgeon.
Marie: An Episode in the Life of the Late Allan Quatermain
5
They sat side by side on the grass, watching the mallard ducks.
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Usage of wild duck in inglês
1
They had gone down the river and the wild duck with them.
In Exile, and Other Stories
2
Who more delighted in striking down the partridge or the wild duck?
A Cotswold Village; Or, Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucesters...
3
Not quite so large as the wild duck, but extremely good eating.
Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia / Performed Un...
4
Of substantials there was abundance-turkeysand fowls, wild duck and other game.
On the Pampas; Or, The Young Settlers
5
Willet loved wild duck and so he gave him an extra portion.
The Sun of Quebec: A Story of a Great Crisis
6
I will repay your deed of mercy,' exclaimed the grateful wild duck.
The Crimson Fairy Book
7
It is haunted by stranger things than heron, snipe, or wild duck.
The Celtic Twilight
8
The wild duck had carried the tale in its terrible simplicity.
A Romany of the Snows, Complete / Being a Continuation of the Pe...
9
The wild duck starts and flaps her wings; the timid deer bounds away.
Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago / Personal recollections ...
10
Fried hominy is generally served with wild duck; and fresh celery.
Favorite Dishes : a Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book
11
The wild duck has a wide range from the Himalayas to North America.
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume...
12
We had very good snipe and wild duck the other day, which Capt.
Letters from the Cape
13
I once went wild duck shooting and managed to miss everything.
The Irish Times
14
These birds are either white, or coloured like the wild duck.
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume...
15
He died out there where that wild duck flies-a Great Slave.
A Romany of the Snows, Complete / Being a Continuation of the Pe...
16
Cheon's shot-gun appeared to have a magnetic attraction for wild duck.
We of the Never-Never
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Wild duck through the time
Wild duck across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common