muscardin

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muscardin - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Muscardin \Mus"car*din\, n. [F., fr. muscadin a musk-scented
     lozenge, fr. muscade nutmeg, fr. L. muscus musk. See
     Muscadel.] (Zool.)
     The common European dormouse; -- so named from its odor.
     [Written also muscadine.]
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