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Definition of musk duck

musk 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 musk duck from wikipedia

- The musk duck (Biziura lobata) is a highly aquatic, stiff-tailed duck native to southern Australia. It is the only living member of the genus Biziura...
- The New Zealand musk duck (Biziura delautouri), also known as de Lautour's duck, is an extinct stiff-tailed duck native to New Zealand. It is only known...
- substances with musk-like odors are also obtained from the musk duck (Biziura lobata) of southern Australia, the muskox, the musk shrew, the musk beetle (Aromia...
- 1758 edition of Systema Naturae as Anas moschata, literally meaning "musk duck". It was later transferred to the genus Cairina, making its current binomial...
- shelducks but its relationships are enigmatic. It may be closer to the musk duck and the stiff-tails and, formerly placed in the paraphyletic "perching...
- Callichromatini Musk deer, of the species that make up Moschus Musk duck, a highly aquatic, stiff-tailed duck native to southern Australia Musk lorikeet, a...
- and one subfossil species. †B. delautouri Forbes, 1892 – New Zealand musk duck – previously endemic to New Zealand, and occurring on both North and South...
- described duck hybrids in The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication: Hybrids are often raised between the common and musk duck, and I have...
- Continental relative New Zealand musk duck Biziura delautouri New Zealand Extinct (after AD 1500) Australian musk duck New Zealand geese Cnemiornis calcitrans...
- Multicoloured tanager Munchique wood wren Murphy's petrel Muscovy duck Musician wren Musk duck Musk lorikeet Mussau fantail Mussau flycatcher Mussau monarch Mussau...