Muscovy duck

Muscovy duck

English

A Muscovy duck.

Etymology

From Muscovy Company, a trading company + duck.

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Noun

Muscovy duck (plural Muscovy ducks)

1. A large duck (Cairina moschata) which is native to Mexico, Central and South America.
   • 2001 August 31, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     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)."

   • 1847, Mayne Reid, Popular Adventure Tales‎:

     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.

Synonyms

• Barbary duck
• Muscovy

Translations

duck

Catalan: ànec mut (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 疣鼻棲鴨／疣鼻栖鸭 (yóu bí qī yā) Dutch: muskuseend f, barbarieeend f Esperanto: moska anaso Finnish: myskisorsa (fi) French: (wild species) canard musqué (fr) m, (domesticated form) canard de Barbarie (fr) m German: Moschusente f Italian: anatra muschiata f, anatra muta f Norman: moscovie f Norwegian: moskusand m, knoppand m Polish: piżmówka amerykańska f, kaczka piżmowa f Portuguese: pato-selvagem m, (Brazil) pato-do-mato (pt) m, (Portugal) pato-mudo m Russian: му́скусная у́тка (ru) f (múskusnaja útka) Spanish: pato criollo (es) m, pato mudo m, pato almizclado m Swedish: (wild form) myskand (sv) c, (domesticated form) myskanka c Vietnamese: ngan (vi), vịt xiêm Zulu: ikewu class 5/6

See also

• musk duck (Biziura lobata)