Musk, also known as musk oil, is a class of aromatic substances commonly used as base notes in perfumery.
Musk may also refer to:
Places
[edit]- Musk, Victoria, Australia, a locality
- Musk railway station, a former railway station
- Musk, a locality in Ontario, Canada
- Musk station (Ontario), a Via Rail station
- Musk, Iran, a village
Biology
[edit]- MuSK protein, the MuSK receptor
Animals
[edit]- Musk beetle, a Eurasian species of longhorn beetle belonging to the subfamily Cerambycinae, tribe Callichromatini
- Musk deer, of the species that make up Moschus
- Musk duck, a highly aquatic, stiff-tailed duck native to southern Australia
- Musk lorikeet, a lorikeet, now the only species in the genus Glossopsitta
- Musk turtle (disambiguation), several aquatic turtles
- Muskrat, a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America
- Musky rat-kangaroo, a marsupial species found only in the rainforests of northeast Australia
- Muskellunge, North American fish nicknamed the "Musky"
Plants
[edit]- Erythranthe moschata, formerly Mimulus moschatus, a yellow-flowered plant known as muskflower or musk
- Musk larkspur (Delphinium brunonianum), a species of larkspur of the family Ranunculaceae
- Musk mallow, various plants from the family Malvaceae
- Musk stork's-bill (Erodium moschatum), a species of flowering plant in the geranium family
People
[edit]- Errol Musk (born 1946), engineer, politician, and businessman
- Maye Musk (born 1948), model and dietitian
- Elon Musk (born 1971), entrepreneur and business magnate
- Kimbal Musk (born 1972), entrepreneur, philanthropist, and restaurateur
- Tosca Musk (born 1974), filmmaker
Other uses
[edit]- Musk (wine), a wine tasting descriptor
- Le Musk, an upcoming Indian virtual reality film directed by A. R. Rahman
- Musk (film), an upcoming documentary film
- Musk Lake, a sewage lake serving Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- HMS Musk, original name of USS Might, a World War II corvette/patrol boat
See also
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- All pages with titles containing Musk
- All pages with titles beginning with Musk
- Musk stick, a popular confection in Australia
- Musk turtle (disambiguation)
- Carol Muske-Dukes (born 1945) U.S. writer
- Elon Musk (disambiguation)
- Musc (disambiguation)
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