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mustelid|ˈmʌstiːlɪd|
[f. mod.L. family name Mustelidæ, f. L. mustēla weasel, adopted as the name of a genus by Linnæus (Systema Naturæ (ed. 10, 1758) I. 582): see -id3.]
A small carnivorous mammal of the family Mustelidæ, which includes weasels, stoats, badgers, mink, and others. Cf. musteline n.1
1910H. F. Osborn Age of Mammals iv. 259 The mustelids were becoming more numerous [in the Miocene]. 1933A. S. Romer Vertebrate Paleontology xv. 291 Continued emphasis on a flesh-eating diet has..resulted in the retention of well-developed shearing teeth in the greater number of mustelids. 1953New Biol. XIV. 120 Most mustelids and wild dogs and cats do not [have fleas]. 1968A. S. Romer Procession of Life xv. 247 The mustelids tend to be relatively small in size, short of leg, and primarily forest-dwellers in habitat. 1972T. A. Vaughan Mammalogy xii. 201/1 Most mustelids aggressively search for prey in burrows, crevices, or dense cover. 1975Nature 20 Mar. 187/1 Other interesting elements of the fauna include..a new species of gomphothere, a canid, a mellivorine mustelid. |