muscardin

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muscardin

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

noun muscardins · muscardine

archaic The common European dormouse.

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@misc{muscardin_2026,
  title = {muscardin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/muscardin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}