musk deer

English

Siberian musk deer (Moschus moschiferus)

Pronunciation

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Noun

musk deer (plural musk deers or musk deer)

2. A hoofed mammal of the genus Moschus, inhabiting East Asia, the Himalayas, and Siberia. The males secrete musk and possess tusks.

   Synonyms: kastura, kasturi

Translations

member of the genus Moschus

• Bulgarian: кабарга m (kabarga)
• Catalan: cérvol mesquer m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 麝 (shè), 麝鹿 (shèlù), 香獐子 (xiāngzhāngzi),

• Czech: kabar (cs) m
• Esperanto: moskulo
• Finnish: myskikauris
• French: porte-musc (fr) m
• Irish: muscfhia m
• Italian: mosco (it) m
• Japanese: 麝香鹿 (ja) (ジャコウジカ, jakōjika)
• Kashmiri: روٗس m (rūs), روٗسؠ کٔٹ f (rūs' kạṭ)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: хүдэр (mn) (xüder)
• Polish: piżmowiec m
• Portuguese: almiscareiro (pt) m
• Romanian: mosc (ro) m, cabarga f
• Russian: кабарга́ (ru) f (kabargá)
• Sanskrit: गन्धमृग (sa) (gandhamṛga)
• Sikkimese: གླ་བོ (gla bo)
• Spanish: almizclero (es)
• Tamil: கஸ்தூரிமான் (ta) (kastūrimāṉ), நானமா (ta) (nāṉamā)
• Telugu: గంధమృగము (te) (gandhamr̥gamu)
• Tibetan: གླ་བ (gla ba), སྐུ་བདེ་རིགས (sku bde rigs)
• Uyghur: ئىپاركېيىك (iparkëyik)
• Welsh: mwsg-garw m

Further reading

• “musk deer”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.