Musang | n. (Zool.) A small animal of Java (Paradoxirus fasciatus), allied to the civets. It swallows, but does not digest, large quantities of ripe coffee berries, thus serving to disseminate the coffee plant; hence it is called also coffee rat. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Mustang | n. [ Sp. musteño belonging to the graziers, strayed, wild. ] (Zool.) The half-wild horse of the plains in Mexico, California, etc. It is small, hardy, and easily sustained. [ 1913 Webster ] Mustard grape (Bot.), a species of grape (Vitis candicans), native in Arkansas and Texas. The berries are small, light-colored, with an acid skin and a sweet pulp. [ 1913 Webster ]
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