Muscovy

  • 31muscovy duck — noun large crested wild duck of Central America and South America; widely domesticated • Syn: ↑musk duck, ↑Cairina moschata • Hypernyms: ↑duck • Member Holonyms: ↑Cairina, ↑genus Cairina …

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  • 32Leaders of Muscovy, Russia, the Russian Empire, and the Soviet Union — ▪ Table Leaders of Muscovy, Russia, the Russian Empire, and the Soviet Union Princes and grand princes of Moscow (Muscovy): Danilovich dynasty* Daniel (son of Alexander Nevsky) c. 1276 1303 Yury 1303 25 Ivan I 1325 40 Semyon (Simeon) 1340 53 Ivan …

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  • 33Grand Duchy of Muscovy — Grand′ Duch′y of Mus′covy n. Muscovy 1) Also called Grand′ Duch′y of Mos′cow …

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  • 34Grand Duchy of Moscow — Muscovy redirects here. For other uses, see Muscovy (disambiguation). Grand Duchy of Moscow Великое Княжество Московское Velikoye Knyazhestvo Moskovskoye Tributary of the Golden Horde until 1480 …

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  • 35Muscovyduck — 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… …

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  • 36Московия — (Muscovy)Muscovy, назв. Русского государства в иностранных источниках 16–17вв., средневековое княжество в центре Eвропейской России, со столицей в Москве, которое образовало ядро современной России. Основано в 13в. Даниилом, сыном Александра …

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  • 37Cairina moschata — Muscovy duck Mus co*vy duck [A corruption of musk duck.] (Zo[ o]l.) A duck ({Cairina moschata}), larger than the common duck, often raised in poultry yards. Called also {musk duck}. It is native of tropical America, from Mexico to Southern Brazil …

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  • 38musk duck — Muscovy duck Mus co*vy duck [A corruption of musk duck.] (Zo[ o]l.) A duck ({Cairina moschata}), larger than the common duck, often raised in poultry yards. Called also {musk duck}. It is native of tropical America, from Mexico to Southern Brazil …

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  • 39Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …

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  • 40slavery — /slay veuh ree, slayv ree/, n. 1. the condition of a slave; bondage. 2. the keeping of slaves as a practice or institution. 3. a state of subjection like that of a slave: He was kept in slavery by drugs. 4. severe toil; drudgery. [1545 55; SLAVE… …

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