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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MUSCOVY DUCK

Originally musk duck, a name later mistakenly associated with Muscovy.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MUSCOVY DUCK

Muscovy duck play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUSCOVY DUCK

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Muscovy duck is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MUSCOVY DUCK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Muscovy duck

Muscovy duck

The Muscovy duck is a large duck native to Mexico, Central, and South America. Small wild and feral breeding populations have established themselves in the United States, particularly in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, as well as in many other parts of North America, including southern Canada. Feral Muscovy ducks are found in New Zealand and have also been reported in parts of Europe. They are a large duck, with the males about 76 cm or 30 inches long, and weighing up to 7 kg or 15 pounds. Females are considerably smaller, and only grow to 3 kg or 7 pounds, roughly half the males' size. The bird is predominantly black and white, with the back feathers being iridescent and glossy in males, while the females are more drab. The amount of white on the neck and head is variable, as well as the bill, which can be yellow, pink, black, or any mixture of these. They may have white patches or bars on the wings, which become more noticeable during flight. Both sexes have pink or red wattles around the bill, those of the male being larger and more brightly colored.

Definition of Muscovy duck in the English dictionary

The definition of Muscovy duck in the dictionary is 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.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUSCOVY DUCK

Muscovy
muscular
muscular dystrophy
muscularity
muscularly
musculation
musculature
musculocutaneous
musculoskeletal
musculous
MusD
MusDoc

WORDS THAT END LIKE MUSCOVY DUCK

Barbary duck
blue duck
Bombay duck
cold duck
dead duck
decoy duck
diving duck
duck
eider duck
ferruginous duck
grey duck
harlequin duck
lame duck
mandarin duck
musk duck
Peking duck
ruddy duck
sea duck
sitting duck
tufted duck
wood duck

Synonyms and antonyms of Muscovy duck in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Muscovy duck» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUSCOVY DUCK

Find out the translation of Muscovy duck to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Muscovy duck from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Muscovy duck» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

番鸭
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pato criollo
570 millions of speakers

English

Muscovy duck
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Muscovy बतख
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

بطة مسكوفي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мускусная утка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pato Barbary
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Muscovy হাঁস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

canard de Barbarie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Itik Muscovy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Barbarie-Ente
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バリケン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Muscovy 오리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bebek Muscovy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngan vịt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Muscovy வாத்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Muscovy परतले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ördek ördek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

anatra muta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kaczka piżmowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мускусна качка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rațe leșești
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πάπια Βαρβαρίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

makou eend
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

myskänder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Moskusand
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Muscovy duck

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MUSCOVY DUCK»

The term «Muscovy duck» is regularly used and occupies the 95.065 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MUSCOVY DUCK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Muscovy duck» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Muscovy duck» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Muscovy duck

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUSCOVY DUCK»

Discover the use of Muscovy duck in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Muscovy duck and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Encyclopedia of Animal Science (Print)
When a disease occurs in young ducklings, as in the case with duck virus hepatitis and Muscovy duck parvovirus infection, ducklings are protected through maternal immunity by vaccination of the parent flocks. The antibodies transferred  ...
Wilson G. Pond, 2004
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Handbook of South American Archaeology
The archaeological record of the muscovy duck is poorly known and this makes assessment of the domestication process difficult. When recovered and identified, domestic duck specimens are not distinguished from their wild counterparts for ...
Helaine Silverman, William Isbell, 2008
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Farm Animal Behaviour: Characteristics for Assessment of ...
Muscovy duck The Muscovy hen lays an average of 12—14 eggs per clutch ( Mason, 1984). Play behaviour Domestic duck and Muscovy duck There have been different interpretations of some duck behaviours as to whether or not they are ...
Ingvar Ekesbo, 2011
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Poultry Diseases
For attempted isolation of GPV a selection of 20% w/v tissue suspensions, including heart and liver, are prepared in antibiotic phosphate-buffered saline and inoculated into embryonated goose or Muscovy duck eggs or cell cultures derived ...
Mark Pattison, 2008
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Information Technology and Agricultural Engineering
Limited Genetic Diversity of Chinese Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata) Revealed by Partial Sequences of Mitochondrial DNA Cytochrome b Gene Jing Sun, Jing Huang, Xiaoling Zhao, Hang Zhong, Qing Zhu, and Yiping Liu College of ...
Egui Zhu, Sabo Sambath, 2012
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Duck Keeping in the Tropics
The Muscovy duck is good for meat production. It is easy to recognise by the red, fleshy protuberances around the beak and eyes. It is important to know that the Muscovy duck is originally a tree dweller and therefore can fly. In order to prevent  ...
S. J. van der Meulen, G. den Dikken, 2004
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Diseases of Poultry
Muscovy duck reovirus infections have been described (46, 57). In France, it is considered to be a major virus disease of Muscovy ducks (50). In 2- to 4-week- old ducks, the disease is acute, morbidity is high, and mortality can reach 10%.
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Annual Iowa Year Book of Agriculture
Block Cayuga Duck, Old— First (10), R. E. West. Black Cayuga Duck, Young— First (150), R. E. West. Colored Muscovy Drake, Old — First (74), M. H. Buck; second (29), R. E. West; third (65), M. H. Buck. Colored Muscovy Duck, Old— First (19) ...
‎1915
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Iowa Book of Agriculture
Colored Muscovy Duck, Old — First. E. G. Roberts; second and third, Buck Bros. • Colored Muscovy Duck. Young — First, E. G. Roberts; second and third, Buck Bros. White Muscovy Drake, Old— First, E. G. Roberts. White Muscovy Duck.
Iowa. Dept. of Agriculture, 1910
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Iowa Year Book of Agriculture
Black Cayuga Duck, Old— First (10), R. E. West. Black Cayuga Duck, Young— First (150), R. E. West. Colored Muscovy Drake, Old — First (74), M. H. Buck; second (29), R. E. West; third (65), M. H. Buck. Colored Muscovy Duck, Old— First (19) ...
Iowa. Dept. of Agriculture, 1915

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUSCOVY DUCK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Muscovy duck is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jean-Georges Revisited And Revered
My guest had the Muscovy duck breast topped with cracked Jordan almonds and amaretto jus. Each was lovely and fairly light – which was ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
2
Mother duck finds home in Oil Center
She is actually what's known as a Muscovy duck, and she apparently decided to move away from all the activity in nearby Girard Park to hatch ... «KLFY, Jul 15»
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Introducing Carson's American Kitchen
We all loved the pan-seared Muscovy duck breast, although the skin wasn't crispy enough. The jumbo diver scallops could have used more of ... «KTVZ, Jul 15»
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Foodies, it's time you took a road trip around Tasmania
Over four meals, each dish appears like a lustrous artwork, from a first entree of seared scallops in green pea puree followed by Muscovy duck ... «Daily Life, Jul 15»
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Tim Yonke: Dedicated duck exhibits everlasting love
In the U.S., the Muscovy duck often is a domestic fowl kept at a farm, a backyard menagerie or a petting zoo, but its origin is in the wild. «Kankakee Daily Journal, Jun 15»
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Marvelous muscovies make a call
"The muscovy duck is found in all parts of the world in a domesticated state," the Ducks Unlimited website notes before adding details about the ... «Kankakee Daily Journal, Jun 15»
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Living the Dream: Ducks turn their beaks up at pristine new home
For many months our Muscovy duck family have been sleeping in the barn each night, but this week it was time for them to move outside, into ... «Yorkshire Post, Jun 15»
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Off the Menu: 50 Years of Five Crowns, 50 Glasses of Scotch at …
Then came Christopher's favorite: honey-thyme roasted Muscovy duck breast with heirloom carrots served in an orange reduction with fennel ... «Newport Beach Independent Newspaper, Jun 15»
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Review: Peel's restaurant at Hampton Manor: Could this place get a …
Meatiness returned with a chuck of audaciously rare Muscovy duck seasoned with lavender and served with crisp heritage carrot, golden ... «Birmingham Mail, Jun 15»
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Novel avian influenza virus in China
... that the hemagglutination and neuraminidase genes of the novel H5N9 virus originated from A/Muscovy duck/Vietnam/LBM227/2012 (H5N1) ... «poultrymed, Jun 15»

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