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- Musk - n. - A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of various other animals, having a similar odor.
- Musk - n. - The musk deer. See Musk deer (below).
- Musk - n. - The perfume emitted by musk, or any perfume somewhat similar.
- Musk - n. - The musk plant (Mimulus moschatus).
- Musk - n. - A plant of the genus Erodium (E. moschatum); -- called also musky heron's-bill.
- Musk - n. - A plant of the genus Muscari; grape hyacinth.
- Musk - v. t. - To perfume with musk.
- Muskadel - n. - See Muscadel.
- Muskat - n. - See Muscat.
- Muskellunge - n. - A large American pike (Esox nobilitor) found in the Great Lakes, and other Northern lakes, and in the St. Lawrence River. It is valued as a food fish.
- Musket - n. - The male of the sparrow hawk.
- Musket - n. - A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted. This arm has been generally superseded by the rifle.
- Musketeer - n. - A soldier armed with a musket.
- Musketo - n. - See Mosquito.
- Musketoon - n. - A short musket.
- Musketoon - n. - One who is armed with such a musket.
- Musketry - n. - Muskets, collectively.
- Musketry - n. - The fire of muskets.
- Muskiness - n. - The quality or state of being musky; the scent of musk.
- Muskmelon - n. - The fruit of a cucubritaceous plant (Cicumis Melo), having a peculiar aromatic flavor, and cultivated in many varieties, the principal sorts being the cantaloupe, of oval form and yellowish flesh, and the smaller nutmeg melon with greenish flesh. See Illust. of Melon.
- Muskogees - n. pl. - A powerful tribe of North American Indians that formerly occupied the region of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. They constituted a large part of the Creek confederacy.
- Muskrat - n. - A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent (Fiber zibethicus). It resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but the tail is compressed, the bind feet are webbed, and the ears are concealed in the fur. It has scent glands which secrete a substance having a strong odor of musk. Called also musquash, musk beaver, and ondatra.
- Muskrat - n. - The musk shrew.
- Muskrat - n. - The desman.
- Muskwood - n. - The wood of a West Indian tree of the Mahogany family (Moschoxylum Swartzii).
- Muskrat - n. - The musk shrew.
- Musk - n. - The musk deer. See Musk deer (below).
- Boomorah - n. - A small West African chevrotain (Hyaemoschus aquaticus), resembling the musk deer.
- Muscovy duck - - A duck (Cairina moschata), larger than the common duck, often raised in poultry yards. Called also musk duck. It is native of tropical America, from Mexico to Southern Brazil.
- Moschatel - n. - A plant of the genus Adoxa (A. moschatellina), the flowers of which are pale green, and have a faint musky smell. It is found in woods in all parts of Europe, and is called also hollow root and musk crowfoot.
- Musk - n. - A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of various other animals, having a similar odor.
- Chevrotain - n. - A small ruminant of the family Tragulidae a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See Kanchil.
- Stinkpot - n. - The musk turtle, or musk tortoise. See under Musk.
- Noisette - n. - A hybrid rose produced in 1817, by a French gardener, Noisette, of Charleston, South Carolina, from the China rose and the musk rose. It has given rise to many fine varieties, as the Lamarque, the Marechal (or Marshal) Niel, and the Cloth of gold. Most roses of this class have clustered flowers and are of vigorous growth.
- Bondar - n. - A small quadruped of Bengal (Paradoxurus bondar), allied to the genet; -- called also musk cat.
- Musk - n. - The musk plant (Mimulus moschatus).
- Sondeli - n. - The musk shrew. See under Musk.
- Muskrat - n. - A North American aquatic fur-bearing rodent (Fiber zibethicus). It resembles a rat in color and having a long scaly tail, but the tail is compressed, the bind feet are webbed, and the ears are concealed in the fur. It has scent glands which secrete a substance having a strong odor of musk. Called also musquash, musk beaver, and ondatra.
- Amber seed - - Seed of the Hibiscus abelmoschus, somewhat resembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of musk; musk seed.
- Abelmosk - n. - An evergreen shrub (Hibiscus -- formerly Abelmoschus -- moschatus), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee; -- sometimes called musk mallow.
- Napu - n. - A very small chevrotain (Tragulus Javanicus), native of Java. It is about the size of a hare, and is noted for its agility in leaping. Called also Java musk deer, pygmy musk deer, and deerlet.