Moschus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos, “musk”). === Proper noun === Moschus m A taxonomic genus within the family Moschidae – musk deers. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Moschidae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Moschus moschiferus – type species; Moschus anhuiensis, Moschus berezovskii, Moschus chrysogaster, Moschus cupreus, Moschus fuscus, Moschus leucogaster – other species ==== Derived terms ==== Hyemoschus Moschiola === References === Moschus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Moschus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Moschus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Moschus in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell. Moschus at AnimalBase Moschus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Moschus at National Center for Biotechnology Information “Moschus”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026 == German == === Etymology === From Medieval Latin moschus, alternative form of muscus, from Ancient Greek μόσχος (móskhos), from Middle Persian [script needed] (mwšk' /⁠mušk⁠⁠/). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɔʃʊs/ === Noun === Moschus m (strong, genitive Moschus, no plural) musk ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== moschusartig Moschusduft Moschuskraut (“moschatel”) Moschustier (“musk deer”) == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɔs.kʰʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɔs.kus] === Proper noun === Moschus m sg (genitive Moschī); second declension a Roman cognomen ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === Adjective === Moschus (feminine Moscha, neuter Moschum); first/second-declension adjective Moschian (of or belonging to the Moschi) ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “Moschus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press