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Noun: muscovy duck
  1. Large crested wild duck of Central America and South America; widely domesticated
    - musk duck, Cairina moschata
Noun: Muscovy  mús-ku-vee
  1. A Russian principality in the 13th to 16th centuries; Moscow was the capital
    - Grand Duchy of Moscow

Derived forms: Muscovies

Type of: duck, princedom, principality

Part of: Cairina, genus Cairina, Russia

Encyclopedia: Muscovy duck

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