Definition of mustelid Mustelid

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What does mustelid mean?

WordNet

Noun
mustelid - fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals
		musteline mammal, musteline
		carnivore any animal that feeds on flesh; "Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore"; "insectivorous plants are considered carnivores"
		family mustelidae, mustelidae weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martens
		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, mustela nigripes, ferret musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct
		otter freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur
		enhydra lutris, sea otter large marine otter of northern Pacific coasts having very thick dark brown fur
		wood pussy, polecat, skunk dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
		badger sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
		honey badger, mellivora capensis, ratel nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia
		carcajou, gulo luscus, skunk bear, wolverine stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal
		gulo gulo, glutton, wolverine musteline mammal of northern Eurasia
		galictis vittatus, grison, grison vittatus carnivore of Central America and South America resembling a weasel with a greyish-white back and dark underparts
		marten, marten cat agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels

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Wiktionary

mustelid (Noun)
A carnivorous mammal of the weasel family Mustelidae.

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mustelid
A large, diverse family of low-slung, long-bodied carnivorous mammals including minks, weasels, and badgers; distinguished by having only one molar in each upper jaw, and two at the most in the lower jaw.

Wikipedia

Mustelids are a family of carnivorous mammals. They are the family "Mustelidae", in the order "Carnivora".

They are among the largest and oldest families, and contain a large diversity of animals, from weasels who eat mice to wolverines that can crush a reindeer. Mustelids can live in many places, otters for example, live mostly in the water, while one species of weasel lives in the arctic.

One kind of mustelid, the ferret, has been tamed and used for hunting for a long time. These days it is mostly kept as a pet, though. Because the ferret looks a bit like a rat that has been stretched out in the middle, it is sometimes called a tube rat.

Well-known mustelid species.

The following are other well-known animals from the mustelid family.