Meanings
nounmusion (plural musions)
plural musions
- rareA wild or domestic cat.
This beaste is called a Musion, for that he is enimie to Myse, and Rattes.
1572, John Bossewell, Workes of Armorie, Richard Totell, page 561 more example
Blue, a silver cat salient (SMYTH OF BALHARY). Silver, three black domestic cats (or musions) in pale (KEATE). Green, a silver boar (or sanglier) passant (POLLARD) (Plate VII., fig. 1).
1912, George Harvey Johnston, Scottish Heraldry Made Easy, page 47
Origin
- Latinmus“mouse”
- Englishmusion
From Latin mus (“mouse”) + -ion (compare mouser).
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