Muscardin

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Muscardin \Mus"car*din\, n. [F., fr. muscadin a musk-scented
     lozenge, fr. muscade nutmeg, fr. L. muscus musk. See
     {Muscadel}.] (Zool.)
     The common European dormouse; -- so named from its odor.
     [Written also {muscadine}.]
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