Definition of musteline mammal Musteline mammal
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| musteline mammal - fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals | ||
| mustelid, 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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