musk duck

noun

musk duck

See Muscovy duck
another name for Muscovy duck
a duck, Biziura lobata, inhabiting swamps, lakes, and streams in Australia. The male has a leathery pouch beneath the bill and emits a musky odour

First recorded in 1765–75

I can ride anything—anything that ever was lapped in horsehide—swim like a musk-duck, and track like a Myall blackfellow.

At last he was so fortunate as to shoot a musk duck, which he brought back to the camp, stuck up before the fire, and roasted.

The odor of the musk-duck is chiefly confined to the breeding season.

Some writers declare that the large Musk Duck is the most remarkable of the many remarkable birds of Australia.

Erismaturin: musk duck (Biziura lobata) of Tasmania and Australia.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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