Muscovy duck en · NOUN
Etymology
Perhaps from Muscovy Company, a trading company + duck; see more on Wikipedia.
Meanings
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A large duck (Cairina moschata) which is native to Mexico, Central and South America.
The pond was another favourite place to visit. Moorhens strutted from the neighbouring bushes, and a bevy of Muscovy ducks, a study in black, white and red, waddled from the farmyard hard by to enjoy a refreshing splash.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 217:Over the water swept the great harpy eagle--also a fisher like his white-headed cousin of the North; and now and then flocks of muscovy ducks made the air resound with their strong broad wings.
1847, Mayne Reid, Popular Adventure Tales:Other species not protected include "exotic and feral species such as mute swans, graylag geese, muscovy ducks, European starlings, house (English) sparrows, and rock doves (pigeons)."
2001 August 31, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muscovy ducks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (30)
et muskuspart (duck) · pt pato-selvagem (duck) · cmn 疣鼻棲鴨 /疣鼻栖鸭 (duck) · ru му́скусная у́тка (duck) · de Moschusente (duck) · sv myskand (duck) · ca ànec mut (duck) · es pato almizclado (duck) · it anatra muta (duck) · fi myskisorsa (duck) · nrf moscovie (duck) · eo moska anaso (duck) · nl barbarieeend (duck) · no moskusand (duck) · sv myskanka (duck) · vi vịt xiêm (duck) · no knoppand (duck) · fr canard de Barbarie (duck) · pt pato-mudo (duck) · it anatra muschiata (duck) · pt pato-do-mato (duck) · fr canard musqué (duck) · es pato criollo (duck) · nl muskuseend (duck) · pl kaczka piżmowa (duck) · pl piżmówka amerykańska (duck) · es pato mudo (duck) · zu ikewu (duck) · nci zolcanauhtli (duck) · vi ngan (duck)