Musk
Mimulus moschatus, a gardenmusky odor from the region of plant of musky the Columbia river. Also Erodium moschatum, musky stork's-bill, a rare plant, with pinnate leaves smelling of musk. Chemically it is an odoriferous, resinous substance obtained from the male MUSKDEER.
MUSKDEER (Moschus moschiferus), a ruminant Ungulate forming a special family of the Artiodactyla. The musk. deer is an inhabitant of the mountainous regions of central Asia from the extreme N. to as far S. as Cochin-China and Nepal. There is only one species, with perhaps four well-marked varieties.
MUSK DUCK (Cairina moschata), a duck wild in Guiana, etc., where the males fight savagely with each other.
It is often reared in poultry yards. Corrupted into Muscovy duck; called also Barbary duck. Also (Biziura lobata), an Australian duck.