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Definition of Musk deer

1. Noun. Small heavy-limbed upland deer of central Asia; male secretes valued musk.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Musk Deer

Literary usage of Musk deer

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

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The variety which appears in commerce is a secretion of the musk-deer; ... To obtain the perfume from the musk-deer the animal is killed and the gland ..."

2. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1856)
"In most of the hill-states the musk-deer is considered as royal property, un some, the Rajahs keep men purposely to hunt it ; and in ..."

3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"... containing the most diminutive of ruminants, some of them no larger in the body than a hare. The napu musk deer {T. ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The Musk-deer has a wide distribution over the highlands of central and eastern Asia, ... Host of the animals of the group to which the Musk- deer belongs, ..."

5. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"the musk-deer group, and like the musk-deer has no horns, but the male is furnished with canines. The antelopes, together with the goats and cattle, ..."

6. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"... of a bag or pouch beneath, the abdomen, which secretes the powerfully odoriferous substance known as musk. The true musk deer ... The napu musk deer (T. ..."

7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The variety which appears in commerce is a secretion of the musk-deer; ... To obtain the perfume from the musk-deer the animal is killed and the gland ..."

8. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1856)
"In most of the hill-states the musk-deer is considered as royal property, un some, the Rajahs keep men purposely to hunt it ; and in ..."

9. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"... containing the most diminutive of ruminants, some of them no larger in the body than a hare. The napu musk deer {T. ..."

10. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The Musk-deer has a wide distribution over the highlands of central and eastern Asia, ... Host of the animals of the group to which the Musk- deer belongs, ..."

11. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"the musk-deer group, and like the musk-deer has no horns, but the male is furnished with canines. The antelopes, together with the goats and cattle, ..."

12. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"... of a bag or pouch beneath, the abdomen, which secretes the powerfully odoriferous substance known as musk. The true musk deer ... The napu musk deer (T. ..."

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