(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:20:36

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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