Definition of Genus Moschus

1. Noun. Musk deer.

Exact synonyms: Moschus
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Cervidae, Family Cervidae
Member holonyms: Moschus Moschiferus, Musk Deer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Moschus

genus Monardella
genus Moneses
genus Monilia
genus Monocanthus
genus Monochamus
genus Monodon
genus Monomorium
genus Mononychus
genus Monotropa
genus Monstera
genus Montezuma
genus Montia
genus Morchella
genus Morone
genus Morus
genus Moschus (current term)
genus Motacilla
genus Mucor
genus Mucuna
genus Mugil
genus Muhlenbergia
genus Mulloidichthys
genus Mullus
genus Muntiacus
genus Muntingia
genus Mus
genus Musa
genus Musca
genus Muscardinus
genus Muscari

Literary usage of Genus Moschus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"genus Moschus—THE MUSK DEER. Canines in both sexes, very long and slender in the male ; no horns ; feet much cloven, with large false hoofs that touch the ..."

2. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"The same author, in June, 1836, read to the Zoological Society of London some observations ' On the genus Moschus of Linnaeus, with descriptions of two new ..."

3. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater, Indian Museum (1891)
"The genus Moschus is now generally allowed to consist of a single species only, though others have been from time to time described on mere colour ..."

4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1845)
"The ear-bones are large, vesicular, and produced beyond the surface of the bones of the skull, while in the genus Moschus the nasal bones are narrow, ..."

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