mustelid

mus·te·lid

M5541600 (mŭs′tə-lĭd′)n. Any of various small to medium-sized carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, usually having long slender bodies, short legs, and anal scent glands, and including the badgers, mink, otters, skunks, and weasels.

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[New Latin Mūstēlidae, family name, from mūstēla, weasel, probably from mūs, mouse; see mūs- in Indo-European roots.]

mustelid

(ˈmʌstəlɪd) n (Zoology) any member of the Mustelidae or weasel family of small carnivorous mammals with musky anal scent glandsadj (Zoology) of, relating to or designating a member of the Mustelidae or weasel family

mus•te•lid

(ˈmʌs tl ɪd)

n. 1. any of numerous carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, comprising the weasels, martens, skunks, badgers, and otters. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the family Mustelidae. [1905–10; < New Latin Mustelidae family name]

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mustelid - fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammalsmusteline, musteline mammalcarnivore - a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; "terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb"family Mustelidae, Mustelidae - weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martensweasel - small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neckmink - slender-bodied semiaquatic mammal having partially webbed feet; valued for its furfitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius, polecat - dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatenedblack-footed ferret, ferret, Mustela nigripes - musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinctotter - freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown furEnhydra lutris, sea otter - large marine otter of northern Pacific coasts having very thick dark brown furpolecat, wood pussy, skunk - American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinaebadger - sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemispherehoney badger, Mellivora capensis, ratel - nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asiacarcajou, Gulo luscus, skunk bear, wolverine - stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammalGulo gulo, wolverine, glutton - musteline mammal of northern EurasiaGalictis vittatus, grison, Grison vittatus - carnivore of Central America and South America resembling a weasel with a greyish-white back and dark underpartsmarten, marten cat - agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weaselsEira barbara, taira, tayra - long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America