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MUSK DEER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small heavy-limbed upland deer of central Asia; male secretes valued musk
Synonyms:
Moschus moschiferus; musk deer
Classified under:
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)