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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
Sense 1
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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