Muscovy-duck


noun
1.
a large, crested, wild duck, Cairina moschata, of tropical America, that has been widely domesticated.
noun
1.
a large crested widely domesticated South American duck, Cairina moschata, having a greenish-black plumage with white markings and a large red caruncle on the bill

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