muscardin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The common European dormouse.

Word forms

muscardin muscardins muscardine

Etymology

From French muscadin (“a musk-scented lozenge”), from muscade (“nutmeg”), from Latin muscus (“musk”), so called from its odour. See muscadel.

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