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Cairina moschata

noun
1.
Large crested wild duck of Central America and South America; widely domesticated.  Synonyms: muscovy duck, musk duck.






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"Cairina moschata" Quotes from Famous Books



... young fowls, when the hen gives the danger-cry, run away and try to hide themselves, like young partridges or pheasants, in order that their mother may take flight, of which she has lost the power. The musk-duck (Cairina moschata) in its native country often perches and roosts on trees (6/5. Sir R. Schomburgk in 'Journal R. Geograph. Soc.' volume 13 1844 page 32.), and our domesticated musk-ducks, though such sluggish birds, "are fond of perching on the tops of barns, walls, ...
— The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication - Volume I • Charles Darwin



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