OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 49014

Muscovy duck

Meanings (ES + gloss)
pato almizclado • pato criollo • pato mudo
A large duck (Cairina moschata) which is native to Mexico, Central and South America.
Over the water swept the great harpy eagle--also a fisher like his white-headed cousin of the North; and now and then flocks of muscovy ducks made the air resound with their strong…
The pond was another favourite place to visit. Moorhens strutted from the neighbouring bushes, and a bevy of Muscovy ducks, a study in black, white and red, waddled from the farmya…
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