musk duck

noun

1. Muscovy duck.
2. an Australian duck, Biziura lobata, having a musky odor.

musk duck

noun

1. another name for Muscovy duck
2. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of musk duck¹

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

During his research he stumbled across a recording from the summer of 1987, which appeared to capture the male musk duck swearing repeatedly and mimicking the sound of a closing door.

From Seattle Times

Audio of an Australian musk duck called Ripper saying what sounds like "you bloody fool" has been released by researchers.

From BBC

That's a musk duck: the plumage is very sombre and loose looking—not so thick as most other ducks; the tail, too, is singular, little more than a small fan of short quills.

From Project Gutenberg

Again more mullet—big fellows these—with yellow, prehensile mouths, which protrude and withdraw as they swim, and are fitted with a straining apparatus of bristles, like those on the mandibles of a musk duck.

From Project Gutenberg

The men were very weak, having had nothing to eat for four days but some sow thistles and a musk duck, and the pull to Port Fairy was hard and long.

From Project Gutenberg