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mustelid

[ muhs-tl-id ]

noun

  1. any of numerous carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, comprising the weasels, martens, skunks, badgers, and otters.


adjective

  1. belonging or pertaining to the family Mustelidae.

mustelid

/ ŭə-ĭ′ /

  1. Any of various small to midsize carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, usually having long, slender bodies, short legs, and well-developed anal scent glands. The pelts of many mustelids have been important for use in clothing. Weasels, skunks, badgers, wolverines, ferrets, mink, martens, and otters are mustelids.
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of mustelid1

1905–10; < New Latin Mustelidae family name, equivalent to Mustel ( a ) a genus ( Latin ܲŧ weasel) + -idae -id 2
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"It's a super rare mutation," says Stankowich, who has studied mustelids, a group that includes badgers, minks, and weasels.

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Otters primarily eat fish and are taxonomically part of the mustelid family along with weasels, badgers and wolverines.

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A wolverine was spotted three times recently in California’s Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, the second mustelid mammal specimen spotted in the state in the past century.

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If your husband can simply say, “Please, I don’t want a ferret,” you must give up your mustelid dreams.

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Mink belong to the mustelid family of animals, which includes weasels, badgers, otters, martens, wolverines and ferrets.

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