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Domestic

Not found in the wild, having been developed by man. Some domestic forms have been bred from species which occur wild in the British Isles, and in cases where domestic and wild stock have interbred problems of definition arise. This situation particularly applies to the Mallard Anas platyrhynchos.

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From Peter Weaver's Birdwatcher's Dictionary
Copyright © 1981 by Peter Weaver


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