In English, many things are named after a particular country – but have you ever wondered what those things are called in those countries?
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- We saw lots of waterfowl, mostly Canada geese and mallards with the odd Gadwall.
- This paper examines the function of female resistance behavior in one of the dabbling ducks, the mallard.
- The most abundant and widespread of all waterfowl, the mallard is also the most hunted game bird.
- There were about 50 coots, 25 shovelers, and a handful each of mallards and ferruginous ducks.
- The teals, mallards and other small ducks were all paddling about.
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