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Muscovy duck definition

Muscovy duck

a large, domesticated, Neotropical duck (Cairina moschata) with dark plumage, blue eyes, and white wing patches

Etymology: altered (by assoc. with Muscovy) < musk duck

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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