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Mallard vs Greenhead - What's the difference?

mallard | greenhead |

As nouns the difference between mallard and greenhead

is that mallard is a common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos, whose male has a distinctive dark green head while greenhead is Tabanus nigrovittatus, a biting horsefly.

mallard

English

(wikipedia mallard)

Alternative forms

* maudelard, mawdelard

Noun

(en noun)
  • A common and widespread dabbling duck, Anas platyrhynchos , whose male has a distinctive dark green head.
    • (-)

    greenhead

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Tabanus nigrovittatus , a biting horsefly.
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    • , passage=Fascinated with the island’s bugs that cause Lyme disease and other illnesses, he traps greenhead flies, and plucks ticks off deer that hunters shoot, shipping bottled bugs to mainland researchers. }}
  • The mallard.
  • A fish, the striped bass.
    • (Webster 1913)