Definitions for cairina
cai·ri·na

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1. Cairina, genus Cairinanoun

   a genus of Anatidae

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1. cairina

   The Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) is a large duck native to the Americas, from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and Mexico south to Argentina and Uruguay. Small wild and feral breeding populations have established themselves in the United States, particularly in Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, the Big Island of Hawaii, as well as in many other parts of North America, including southern Canada. Feral Muscovy ducks are found in New Zealand, Australia, and in parts of Europe.It is a large duck, with the males about 76 cm (30 in) long, and weighing up to 7 kg (15 lb). Females are noticeably smaller, and only grow to 3 kg (6.6 lb), roughly half the males' size. The bird is predominantly black and white, with the back feathers being iridescent and glossy in males, while the females are more drab. The amount of white on the neck and head is variable, as well as the bill, which can be yellow, pink, black, or any mixture of these colors. It may have white patches or bars on the wings, which become more noticeable during flight. Both sexes have pink or red wattles around the bill, those of the male being larger and more brightly colored.Although the Muscovy duck is a tropical bird, it adapts well to cooler climates, thriving in weather as cold as −12 °C (10 °F) and able to survive even colder conditions. In general, Barbary duck is the term used for C. moschata in a culinary context. The domestic subspecies, Cairina moschata domestica, is commonly known in Spanish as the pato criollo. They have been bred since pre-Columbian times by Native Americans and are heavier and less able to fly long distances than the wild subspecies. Their plumage color is also more variable. Other names for the domestic breed in Spanish are pato casero ("backyard duck") and pato mudo ("mute duck").

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1. cairina

   Cairina refers to a genus of ducks in the family Anatidae, typically known for including species like the Muscovy Duck and the White-winged Duck. It is termed in the biological classification system.

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1. Cairina

   Cairina is a genus of ducks in the bird family Anatidae. It has two species, which are similar anatomically but quite distinct in external morphology: ⁕Muscovy Duck, Cairina moschata ⁕Domesticated Muscovy Duck, Cairina moschata momelanotus sometimes Cairina momelanotus ⁕White-winged Duck, Cairina scutulata These were initially placed as type genus in the "Cairininae", a supposed group of "perching ducks" which was somewhat intermediate between dabbling ducks and shelducks. However, this assemblage turned out to be paraphyletic, and the Cairina species were moved to the dabbling duck subfamily Anatinae, to which they seemed closest from the data available at that time. Analysis of the mtDNA sequences of the cytochrome b and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2 genes, meanwhile, has indicated that this is probably not correct, and that moreover the two species usually united in Cairina are not even closely related to each other, which is also suggested by the biogeography of their distribution: The Muscovy Duck seems a distant relative to the genus Aix which for example contains the North American Wood Duck. Together, they appear related to the shelducks and C. moschata would thus be placed in the Tadorninae.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cairina in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cairina in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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