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MUSTELA PUTORIUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened

Synonyms:

fitch; foulmart; foumart; Mustela putorius; polecat

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Mustela putorius" is a kind of...):

mustelid; musteline; musteline mammal (fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Mustela putorius"):

ferret (domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits)

Holonyms ("Mustela putorius" is a member of...):

genus Mustela; Mustela (type genus of the family Mustelidae: minks and weasels)

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