Muscovy duck

English Muscovy Duck thumb|A Muscovy duck. Etymology Perhaps from Muscovy Company, a trading company + en duck; see more on Wikipedia. en Noun A large duck (Cairina moschata species) which is native to Mexico, Central and South America. en 1847 Mayne Reid Popular Adventure Tales http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/25665 Over the water swept the great harpy eagle--also a fisher like his white-headed cousin of the North; and now and then flocks of muscovy ducks made the air resound with their strong broad wings. en 1980 AA Book of British Villages Drive Publications Ltd 217 The pond was another favourite place to visit. Moorhens strutted from the neighbouring bushes, and a bevy of Muscovy ducks, a study in black, white and red, waddled from the farmyard hard by to enjoy a refreshing splash. en August 31, 2001 Cecil Adams The Straight Dope Chicago Reader https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/Archive/abridged2.bat?path=2001/010831/DOPE Other species not protected include "exotic and feral species such as mute swans, graylag geese, muscovy ducks, European starlings, house (English) sparrows, and rock doves (pigeons)." Synonyms Barbary duck, Muscovy Translations duck Catalan: ca ànec mut m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 疣鼻棲鴨 yóu bí qī yā Dutch: nl muskuseend f, nl barbarieeend f Esperanto: eo moska anaso Estonian: et muskuspart Finnish: fi myskisorsa French: wild species fr canard musqué m, domesticated form fr canard de Barbarie m German: de Moschusente f Italian: it anatra muschiata f, it anatra muta f Nahuatl: Classical Nahuatl: nci zolcanauhtli Norman: nrf moscovie f Norwegian: no moskusand m, no knoppand m Polish: pl piżmówka amerykańska f, pl kaczka piżmowa f Portuguese: pt pato-selvagem m, Brazil pt pato-do-mato m, Portugal pt pato-mudo m Russian: ru му́скусная у́тка f Spanish: es pato criollo m, es pato mudo m, es pato almizclado m Swedish: wild form sv myskand c, domesticated form sv myskanka c Vietnamese: vi ngan, vi vịt xiêm Zulu: zu ikewu c5 c6 See also musk duck (Biziura lobata species) en Ducks