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MUSTELA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Mustelidae: minks and weasels
Synonyms:
genus Mustela; Mustela
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Mustela" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Mustela"):
weasel (small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck)
mink (slender-bodied semiaquatic mammal having partially webbed feet; valued for its fur)
fitch; foulmart; foumart; Mustela putorius; polecat (dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened)
black-footed ferret; ferret; Mustela nigripes (musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct)
Holonyms ("Mustela" is a member of...):
family Mustelidae; Mustelidae (weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martens)
