'Cairina moschata' definitions:

Definition of 'Cairina moschata'

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noun
Large crested wild duck of Central America and South America; widely domesticated [syn: muscovy duck, musk duck, Cairina moschata]

Definition of 'Cairina moschata'

From: GCIDE
  • Muscovy duck \Mus"co*vy duck`\ [A corruption of musk duck.] (Zool.) A duck (Cairina moschata), larger than the common duck, often raised in poultry yards. Called also musk duck. It is native of tropical America, from Mexico to Southern Brazil. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Cairina moschata'

From: GCIDE
  • Duck \Duck\, n. [OE. duke, doke. See Duck, v. t. ]
  • 1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily Anatin[ae], family Anatid[ae]. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided into river ducks and sea ducks. Among the former are the common domestic duck (Anas boschas); the wood duck (Aix sponsa); the beautiful mandarin duck of China (Dendronessa galeriliculata); the Muscovy duck, originally of South America (Cairina moschata). Among the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water. [1913 Webster]
  • Here be, without duck or nod, Other trippings to be trod. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Bombay duck (Zool.), a fish. See Bummalo.
  • Buffel duck, Spirit duck. See Buffel duck.
  • Duck ant (Zool.), a species of white ant in Jamaica which builds large nests in trees.
  • Duck barnacle. (Zool.) See Goose barnacle.
  • Duck hawk. (Zool.) (a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon. (b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.
  • Duck mole (Zool.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia, having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck (Ornithorhynchus anatinus). It belongs the subclass Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird or reptile; -- called also duckbill, platypus, mallangong, mullingong, tambreet, and water mole.
  • To make ducks and drakes, to throw a flat stone obliquely, so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of the water, raising a succession of jets; hence:
  • To play at ducks and drakes, with property, to throw it away heedlessly or squander it foolishly and unprofitably.
  • Lame duck. See under Lame. [1913 Webster]