An animal which produces musk (sense 1a) or has a musky smell; esp. (frequently with distinguishing word) a musk deer or a chevrotain. Obsolete.

= musk cat, n. 1.

An animal which secretes musk; esp. a musk deer or a civet.

= musk deer, n.

= musk cat, n. 1.

Any of several small, solitary East Asian deer of the genus Moschus (the sole extant genus of the family Moschidae), having tusks but no antlers…

†(a) the chital or axis deer, Axis axis, of Asia (obsolete); (b) (more fully Chinese water deer) a small deer found near riversides in eastern Asia…

The Himalayan musk deer, Moschus moschiferus.