Muscardinus

noun

Mus·​car·​di·​nus

-dīnəs

: a genus of dormice (family Gliridae) containing the hazel dormouse as its only member

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from French muscardin, muscadin musk-scented lozenge, hazel mouse, from muscat musky, from Provençal

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