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Definition of musk duck in English: musk ducknoun An Australian stiff-tailed duck with dark grey plumage and a musky smell, the male having a large black lobe of skin hanging below the bill. Biziura lobata, family Anatidae Example sentencesExamples - The occurrence of musk ducks as fossils in New Zealand is reviewed and updated.
- Species not to be hunted include blue-winged shovellers, hardhead duck, musk duck, freckled duck, pink-eared duck, blued-billed duck and plumed tree duck.
- Diving ducks (especially musk ducks) and even swimming tortoises can be mistaken for platypus momentarily, but are usually readily distinguished upon longer observation.
- There are also musk ducks on the lake which carry on in the funniest way.
- We headed back to our camp at Eyre Creek for lunch - near the area where we had seen the musk ducks.
Definition of musk duck in US English: musk ducknoun An Australian stiff-tailed duck with dark gray plumage and a musky smell, the male having a large black lobe of skin hanging below the bill. Biziura lobata, family Anatidae Example sentencesExamples - Diving ducks (especially musk ducks) and even swimming tortoises can be mistaken for platypus momentarily, but are usually readily distinguished upon longer observation.
- Species not to be hunted include blue-winged shovellers, hardhead duck, musk duck, freckled duck, pink-eared duck, blued-billed duck and plumed tree duck.
- The occurrence of musk ducks as fossils in New Zealand is reviewed and updated.
- We headed back to our camp at Eyre Creek for lunch - near the area where we had seen the musk ducks.
- There are also musk ducks on the lake which carry on in the funniest way.
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