Mŭs'co-vy Dŭck

[A corruption for musk-duck, q. v.; Fr. canard musqué, It. anitra muschiata, D. moskaat-eend, Ger. moschus- or bisamente.] (Ornith.) A species of duck (Anas moschata of Linnæus), larger than the common duck, often raised in poultry-yards;—sometimes called musk-duck.