From earlier muzle, musle, mousle, mussel, mozell, from Middle English mosel, from Old French musel, museau, muzeau (modern French museau), from Late Latin mūsus, probably expressive of the shape of protruded lips and/or influenced by Latin mūgīre. museau.
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