mallard

Meanings

1. Anas platyrhynchos, a common and widespread dabbling duck, natively found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, whose male has a distinctive dark green head.
2. The meat of this bird, eaten as food.

1. A surname.
2. A minor city in Palo Alto County, Iowa, United States, named for the duck.
3. A ghost town in Itasca Township, Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States, named after a nearby lake.

Etymology

From Middle English malard, mawlard, from Old French malard, malart, mallart (“male wild duck”), from Old French male, masle (“male”) + -ard, -art. Cognate with Medieval Latin maslardus, mallardus.