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MOSCHUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Musk deer

Synonyms:

genus Moschus; Moschus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Moschus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Moschus"):

Moschus moschiferus; musk deer (small heavy-limbed upland deer of central Asia; male secretes valued musk)

Holonyms ("Moschus" is a member of...):

Cervidae; family Cervidae (deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer)

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