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musion

musion noun: a wild or domestic cat.

Noun

musion (plural musions)

  1. (rare) A wild or domestic cat.
    • This beaste is called a Musion, for that he is enimie to Myse, and Rattes.1572, John Bossewell, Workes of Armorie, Richard Totell, page 56
    • Blue, a silver cat salient (SMYTH OF BALHARY). Silver, three black domestic cats (or musions) in pale (KEATE). Green, a silver boar (or sanglier) passant (POLLARD) (Plate VII., fig. 1).1912, George Harvey Johnston, Scottish Heraldry Made Easy, page 47

Forms of musion

pluralmusions

Origin of musion

From Latin mus (“mouse”) + -ion (compare mouser).

Questions about musion

What does musion mean?
Musion means a wild or domestic cat.
What part of speech is musion?
Musion is a noun.
What is the plural of musion?
The plural of musion is musions.

Words near musion in the dictionary

  1. musimons
  2. Musina
  3. musing
  4. musingly
  5. musings
  6. musion
  7. musions
  8. musique
  9. musique concrete
  10. musique concrète
  11. musiques

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