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muscovy duck definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: large crested wild duck of Central America and South America; widely domesticated [syn: muscovy duck, musk duck, Cairina moschata]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Muscovy, principality of Moscow, Russia Date: 1657 a large dark crested duck (Cairina moschata) of Central and South America that is widely kept in domestication

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Muscovy duck Mus"co*vy duck` [A corruption of musk duck.] (Zo["o]l.) A duck (Cairina moschata), larger than the common duck, often raised in poultry yards. Called also musk duck. It is native of tropical America, from Mexico to Southern Brazil.