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Moschus

noun

musk deer

• Syn: ↑genus Moschus

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cervidae, ↑family Cervidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑musk deer, ↑Moschus moschiferus

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\\ˈmäskəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Medieval Latin, musk — more at musk

: a genus comprising the Asiatic musk deer usually segregated in a subfamily of Cervidae but formerly placed in a separate family

Useful english dictionary. 2012.