1. A common name for several varieties of rich sweet wine, made in Italy, Spain, and France.
2. pl.
Defn: Finest raisins, dried on the vine; "sun raisins." [Variously written moscatel, muscadel, etc.]
MUSCHELKALK
Musch"el*kalk`, n. Etym: [G., from muschel shell + kalk limestone.]
(Geol.)
Defn: A kind of shell limestone, whose strata form the middle one of the three divisions of the Triassic formation in Germany. See Chart, under Geology.
MUSCI
Mus"ci, n. pl. Etym: [L. muscus moss.] (Bot.)
Defn: An order or subclass of cryptogamous plants; the mosses. See
Moss, and Cryptogamia.
MUSCICAPINE
Mus*cic"a*pine, a. Etym: [L. musca a fly + capere to catch.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Muscicapidæ, a family of birds that includes the true flycatchers.
MUSCID
Mus"cid, n.