Definition of Mustelidae

1. Noun. Weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martens.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Mustelidae

Mustafa Kemal
Mustafas
Mustagh
Mustagh Range
Mustapha
Mustard operation
Mustard procedure
Mustela
Mustela erminea
Mustela frenata
Mustela nigripes
Mustela nivalis
Mustela putorius
Mustela rixosa
Mustela vison
Mustelidae (current term)
Mustelus
Mustelus canis
Mustelus mustelus
Mustelus norrisi
Mustique
Mutamycin
Mutawa
Mutawa'een
Muth-labben
Muthammani
Muthammanis
Mutillidae
Mutinus
Mutinus caninus

Literary usage of Mustelidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The White River Badlands by Cleophas Cisney O'Harra (1920)
"Mustelidae The Mustelidae of the present day include such animals as the badgers, minks, martens, weasels, ermines, skunks, otters, and ratels- Fossil ..."

2. The Mammals of Colorado: An Account of the Several Species Found Within the by Edward Royal Warren (1910)
"Plantigrade to nearly digitigrade; tail never annulated; molars ^. Mustelidae, p. b. Plantigrade or semi-plantigrade; tail moderate or long, ..."

3. Reports of Explorations and Surveys: To Ascertain the Most Practicable and by United States War Dept, Joseph Henry, United States Army. Corps of Engineers, Spencer Fullerton Baird (1855)
"... Family Mustelidae, Girard. The spiracles are very large; the orbits elongated; the nictitating membrane ridge-like^ appearing as though a ..."

4. Zoology: An Elementary Text-book by Arthur Everett Shipley, Ernest William MacBride (1904)
"Six species of Mustelidae are found in Great Britain: (1) The Otter, ... The Mustelidae are represented by otters, martens and a remarkable form, the Skunk, ..."

5. Rules and Regulations Under the Fur Products Labeling Act by DIANE Publishing Company (1998)
"Carnivora Mustelidae Carnivora Mustelidae Carnivora Mustelidae Mustela frenata ... Carnivora Mustelidae Carnivora Canidae Mustela altaica and Mustela rixosa ..."

6. Forty years in the medical profession, 1858-1898 by John Janvier Black (1900)
"Hovey says the skunk is of the North American mustelidae, and if this is true the mustelidae, as well as the felidae and canidae, can communicate rabies, ..."

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