HyperDic: muscovy_duck

English > 1 sense of the expression muscovy duck:
NOUNanimalmuscovy duck, musk duck, Cairina moschatalarge crested wild duck of Central America and South America
English > muscovy duck: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge crested wild duck of Central America and South America; widely domesticated.
Synonymsmusk duck, Cairina moschata
Member ofCairina, genus CairinaA genus of Anatidae
Broaderducksmall wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
Spanishpato almizclero, pato mudo
Catalanànec mut, Cairina moschata

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