Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the Moschinæ, or having their characters; musky: as, a moschine deer; a moschine odor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Moschus, a genus including the musk deer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective rare Of or pertaining to Moschus, a
genus including themusk deer .
Etymologies
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Moschus + -ine
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Examples
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American sloth W 1883 OW mephitine skunk W soricine shrew 1781 - moschine musk deer c1878 OW OW talpine mole 1860 OW musteline weasel, mink tapirine tapir
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