Noun: mandarin duck
| Singular | mandarin duck |
| Plural | mandarin ducks |
Sample Sentences
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Mandarin ducks usually pair for life. In Asia they are thought to be a symbol of love and good luck. Mandarin ducks feed mainly on insects, snails, fish, plants and seeds. [2019, Kate Baker, Wild In The City, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 94:]
Nouns inflected like mandarin duck
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Native to Northeast China and Amur.
Verbs referencing "mandarin duck"
German Nouns
Mandarinente.