musk deer


noun
  1. a small, hornless deer, Moschus moschiferus, of central Asia, the male of which secretes musk: now rare.

Origin of musk deer

1
First recorded in 1675–85

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How to use musk deer in a sentence

  • The spotted fawn, the musk-deer, gazelles and antelopes, all seemed to answer the call of the music.

    Kari the Elephant | Dhan Gopal Mukerji
  • They have both been sometimes confounded with the weasel of Virginia, the genet, the musk-deer, and even with the hyna.

    Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
  • Only last year he brought me the sack of a musk deer, and that is the most dangerous of all sports.

    The Adventures of Kathlyn | Harold MacGrath
  • The Tongusian hunters, to attract the musk-deer, imitate the cry of their young by applying the mouth to a fragment of bark.

    The Desert World | Arthur Mangin
  • Then follows, in Idrisi's account, a list of the dependencies of Tibet and some travellers' tales about the musk-deer.

    The Gates of India | Thomas Holdich

British Dictionary definitions for musk deer

musk deer

noun
  1. a small central Asian mountain deer, Moschus moschiferus. The male has long tusklike canine teeth and secretes musk

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