| 单词 | greenhead mallard |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreenhead mallard 4. North American. A duck with a green head; esp. a mallard, Anas platyrhynchos (also greenhead mallard). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Anas (miscellaneous) > anas platyrhynchos (mallard) mallardc1330 stock drake1772 stock duck1805 greenhead1838 1838 J. P. Kirtland in 2nd Ann. Rep. Geol. Surv. Ohio 186 This beautiful species is the stock from whence was derived our domesticated variety of ducks. It is known as the mallard or green-head. 1888 G. Trumbull Names & Portraits Birds 55 Crisfield duckers frequently..distinguish the greater scaup as green-head. 1918 Outing July 234/1 Chief among the hordes of wild ducks that received the state's hospitality are the greenhead mallards. 1977 A. Russell Adventures with Wild Animals 82 Behind them and considerably lower came a flock of greenhead mallards heading the same way. 2006 Our Canada June 19 A cacophony of waterfowl arrive from their northern migration..—mergansers,..greenheads, Canada geese, and snow geese. < as lemmas |
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