mulard

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French mulard.

Noun

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mulard (plural mulards)

  1. A domestic duck that is a hybrid of the Pekin duck and Muscovy duck.
    • 2016, Michaela DeSoucey, Contested Tastes: Foie Gras and the Politics of Food, page 49:
      Only male mulards are used in foie gras production; the females' livers are considered “too veiny.”

French

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Etymology

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From mulet (mule), because it too is a hybrid of two species.

Noun

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mulard m (plural mulards)

  1. mulard

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