wild duck

1. 1.

   an undomesticated duck (especially a mallard)

   Broaderduck

Questions about wild duck

What does wild duck mean?

wild duck means "an undomesticated duck (especially a mallard)".

Is wild duck a common word?

wild duck is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.