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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A subfamily of Cervidæ represented by the genus Moschus, containing small Asiatic deer both sexes of which are hornless, and the male of which has long canine teeth projecting like tusks from the upper jaw, and secretes an odoriferous substance called musk; the musks or musk-deer.

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