muscitePalæont.|ˈmʌssaɪt| [ad.mod.L. Muscītēs (T. Thomson Min., Geol., etc., 1836, II. 288), f. L. musc-us moss + -ite.] A fossil plant of the moss family found chiefly in amber. 1859Page Geol. Terms, Muscites, a general term for fossil plants of the Moss family. In recent Dicts.