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musk deer
noun
- a small, hornless deer, Moschus moschiferus, of central Asia, the male of which secretes musk: now rare.
musk deer
noun
- a small central Asian mountain deer, Moschus moschiferus. The male has long tusklike canine teeth and secretes musk
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Word History and Origins
Origin of musk deer1
First recorded in 1675–85
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Example Sentences
The spotted fawn, the musk-deer, gazelles and antelopes, all seemed to answer the call of the music.
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They have both been sometimes confounded with the weasel of Virginia, the genet, the musk-deer, and even with the hyna.
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Only last year he brought me the sack of a musk deer, and that is the most dangerous of all sports.
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The Tongusian hunters, to attract the musk-deer, imitate the cry of their young by applying the mouth to a fragment of bark.
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Then follows, in Idrisi's account, a list of the dependencies of Tibet and some travellers' tales about the musk-deer.
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