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单词 muscovy duck
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
Muscovy duck, 
  1. Birdsa large, crested, wild duck, Cairina moschata, of tropical America, that has been widely domesticated. Also called musk duck. 
  • 1650–60

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Muscovy duck, musk duck n
  1. a large crested widely domesticated South American duck, Cairina moschata, having a greenish-black plumage with white markings and a large red caruncle on the bill
Etymology: 17th Century: originally musk duck, a name later mistakenly associated with Muscovy
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