MOSCHUS MOSCHIFERUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small heavy-limbed upland deer of central Asia; male secretes valued musk

Synonyms:

Moschus moschiferus; musk deer

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Nouns denoting animals

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

cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)

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

genus Moschus; Moschus (musk deer)

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