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Definition of Muscovy duck

Muscovy duck
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.

Meaning of Muscovy duck from wikipedia

- The Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) is a duck native to the Americas, from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and Mexico south to Argentina and Uruguay. Feral...
- The Muscovy or Barbary is the domesticated form of the wild Muscovy duck, Cairina moschata. There are a number of local or regional breeds, and drakes...
- also refer to: Muscovy Company, an English trading company chartered in 1555 Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) and Domestic Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata...
- ducks, apart from the Muscovy duck and hybrids, are descended from the mallard, which was domesticated in China around 2000 BC. Duck farming is simplified...
- platyrhyncos, while a small minority are descendants of the Muscovy duck, Cairina moschata. Duck breeds are normally officially recognized and described by...
- used are the Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) (also called the Barbary duck) and the hybrid cross of a male Muscovy duck and a female Pekin duck (Anas platyrhynchos...
- white-winged duck or white-winged wood duck (Asarcornis scutulata) is a large species of duck, formerly placed in the genus Cairina with the Muscovy duck (Cairina...
- specifically to the breast of a mulard or Muscovy (or Barbary) duck that has been force fed to produce foie gras. Duck is particularly predominant in the Chinese...
- clade? Muscovy duck Cairina moschata: Anatinae or Tadorninae? White-winged duck Cairina scutulata: Anatinae or closer to Aythyinae? Wood duck Aix sponsa:...
- two different genera of domestic duck: the domestic Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata domestica) and the domestic duck (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus), derived...