† muggentn.

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German muggent.

Etymology: < early modern German muggent (Gesner 1555; German Mückenente , Muckente (late 18th cent. or earlier)) < Mücke fly (see midge n.) + Ente duck (see ende n.), after post-classical Latin anas muscaria (Gesner 1555 or earlier). Quoted in J. Ray's translation of F. Willughby Ornithol. (1678) iii. iii. 375, and mistaken by some later writers for an English word.

Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

A kind of wild duck; (perhaps) the Muscovy duck, Cairina moschata.

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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > cairina moschata (muscovy duck)

Guinea duck1602

Muscovy duck1657

musk duck1734

muggent1785

muff-coated duck1847

Muscovy1953

1785 W. F. Mavor New Dict. Nat. Hist. Muggent, a provincial appellation for a species of fresh-water wild-duck, the Muscaria of authors.

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Muggent, a species of fresh water duck. Dict. Nat. Hist.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	muggent
释义	† muggentn. Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German muggent. Etymology: < early modern German muggent (Gesner 1555; German Mückenente , Muckente (late 18th cent. or earlier)) < Mücke fly (see midge n.) + Ente duck (see ende n.), after post-classical Latin anas muscaria (Gesner 1555 or earlier). Quoted in J. Ray's translation of F. Willughby Ornithol. (1678) iii. iii. 375, and mistaken by some later writers for an English word. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. A kind of wild duck; (perhaps) the Muscovy duck, Cairina moschata. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > cairina moschata (muscovy duck) Guinea duck1602 Muscovy duck1657 musk duck1734 muggent1785 muff-coated duck1847 Muscovy1953 1785 W. F. Mavor New Dict. Nat. Hist. Muggent, a provincial appellation for a species of fresh-water wild-duck, the Muscaria of authors. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Muggent, a species of fresh water duck. Dict. Nat. Hist.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1785
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