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Musk deer   /məsk dɪr/   Listen
Musk deer

noun
1.
Small heavy-limbed upland deer of central Asia; male secretes valued musk.  Synonym: Moschus moschiferus.





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"Musk deer" Quotes from Famous Books



... in Sikkim proper, but inhabits the Chumbi Valley. The sambhar stag is abundant. The commonest of the deer tribe is the khakar, or barking deer. It is, says Hodgson, unmatched for flexibility and power of creeping through tangled underwood. The musk deer remains ...
— The Heart of Nature - or, The Quest for Natural Beauty • Francis Younghusband


Words linked to "Musk deer" :   deer, Moschus, cervid, genus Moschus


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