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mues⋅li

[myoos-lee, myooz‑]
–noun
a breakfast cereal similar to granola, usually consisting of rolled oats and dried fruit.

Origin:
1935–40; < dial. G
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mues·li   (myōōz'lē)   
n.  A mixture of usually untoasted rolled oats and dried fruit, often used as a breakfast cereal.

[German dialectal, diminutive of German Mus, mush, from Middle High German muos, a meal, mushlike food, from Old High German.]
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muesli 
breakfast dish of oats, fruit, milk, 1926, from Swiss-Ger.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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