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muscardin

muscardin noun: the common European dormouse.

Noun

muscardin (plural muscardins)

  1. (archaic) The common European dormouse.

Forms of muscardin

pluralmuscardins
alternative formmuscardine

Origin of muscardin

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

Questions about muscardin

What does muscardin mean?
Muscardin means the common European dormouse.
What part of speech is muscardin?
Muscardin is a noun.
What is the plural of muscardin?
The plural of muscardin is muscardins.

Words near muscardin in the dictionary

  1. muscae volitantes
  2. muscal
  3. muscallonge
  4. muscallonges
  5. muscals
  6. muscardin
  7. muscardine
  8. muscardines
  9. muscardinid
  10. muscardinids
  11. muscardins

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