Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An Australian duck (Biziura lobata), the male of which has a leathery chin lobe and emits a musky odor during the breeding season.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A duck, Cairina moschata, of the family Anatidæ and subfamily Anatinæ, commonly but erroneously known as the muscovy and Barbary duck.
- noun A duck of the genus Biziura, as B. lobata of Australia: so called from the musky odor of the male.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The Musk Duck (
Biziura lobata ), a highlyaquatic ,stiff-tailed duck native to southernAustralia .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large crested wild duck of Central America and South America; widely domesticated
Etymologies
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musk + duck
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