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- noun (Zoöl.) The common European dormouse; -- so named from its odor.
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- noun archaic The common
European dormouse .
Etymologies
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French, from muscadin a musk-scented lozenge, from muscade nutmeg, from Latin muscus musk; so called from its odour. See muscadel.
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"The common European dormouse; -- so named from its odor."
--Webster's 1913
January 14, 2011