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[syn: muscovy duck, musk duck, Cairina moschata]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Muscovy duck \Mus"co*vy duck`\ [A corruption of musk duck.]
(Zool.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
muscovy duck
n 1: large crested wild duck of Central America and South
America; widely domesticated [syn: muscovy duck, musk
duck, Cairina moschata]