moschate

moschate
/mos"kayt, -kit/, adj.
having a musky smell.
[1820-30; < NL moschatus, equiv. to ML mosch(us) musk + L -atus -ATE1]

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  • moschate — adj. [L. moschus, musk] Having an odor similar to musk …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • moschate — /ˈmɒskeɪt/ (say moskayt) adjective having a musky smell. {New Latin moschātus, from Medieval Latin moschus musk} …  

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  • moschate — /mos kayt, kit/, adj. having a musky smell. [1820 30; < NL moschatus, equiv. to ML mosch(us) musk + L atus ATE1] …   Useful english dictionary

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