musk
noun/mʌsk/
/mʌsk/
[uncountable]- a substance with a strong smell that is used in making some perfumes. It is produced naturally by a type of male deer.Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin muscus, from Persian mušk, perhaps from Sanskrit muṣka ‘scrotum’ (because of the similarity in shape of the sac on the abdomen of a male musk deer in which musk is produced).
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