Muscovyduck

Muscovyduck
Muscovy duck n.
A greenish-black, gooselike duck (Cairina moschata), having heavy red wattles and found wild from Mexico to northern Argentina but widely domesticated around the world for its succulent flesh. Also called musk duck.
  [Alteration (influenced by Muscovy), of musk duck.]

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