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musky

[muhs-kee] / ˈmʌs ki /
ADJECTIVE
like a pungent sweet odor
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The goat was "nasty and mean", smelled "disgusting, musky, rancid", and would chase her young children, knocking them down.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2024

What outrageous crimes did the goat, whom she described as “disgusting, musky, rancid,” commit other than needing a bath?

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2024

After the last embers of a campfire dim, the musky smell of smoke remains.

From Science Daily • Jan. 2, 2024

“It’s a very distinctive smell, castoreum … it’s kind of musky, but sweet,” says Campbell-Palmer.

From National Geographic • Nov. 15, 2023

It smelled of wet fur and wet feathers, and under it the musky, soft, growing smell of young animal.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell