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- proper noun A taxonomic
species within thegenus Anas — themallard .
Etymologies
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From New Latin anas ("duck") and Ancient Greek πλατυρρυγχος (platurrunkhos, "broad snouted"), from πλατύς (platus, "wide, flat") and ῥύγχος (rhunkhos, "snout, beak").
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