MUSCOVY DUCK

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large crested wild duck of Central America and South America; widely domesticated

Synonyms:

Cairina moschata; muscovy duck; musk duck

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("muscovy duck" is a kind of...):

duck (small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs)

Holonyms ("muscovy duck" is a member of...):

Cairina; genus Cairina (a genus of Anatidae)

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