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MUSK DEER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does musk deer mean?

• MUSK DEER (noun)
The noun MUSK DEER has 1 sense:

1. small heavy-limbed upland deer of central Asia; male secretes valued musk

Familiarity information: MUSK DEER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MUSK DEER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Moschus moschiferus; musk deer

Hypernyms ("musk deer" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("musk deer" is a member of...):

genus Moschus; Moschus (musk deer)

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