marten
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- noun Any of several principally arboreal carnivorous mammals of the genus Martes, related to the weasel, mainly inhabiting northern forests, and having a slender body, bushy tail, and soft fur.
- noun The fur of one of these carnivorous mammals.
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- I catch another marten, another male, so dark it is almost black. — The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told
- I thaw and skin the one marten, and roll the fur in a sack to take with me; it will mean a pound or two less to carry, and more room in the basket. — The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told
- The fur of this marten is lovely when held in the light, shaken so that the hair stands from the pelt. — The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told
- The dead marten, a cat-sized weasel, lay snared in her fathers trap, its black pelt stark against the snow. — Ice Hunt
- With the line free, the marten was released. — Ice Hunt
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- Middle English martrin, marten, from Old French martrine (from feminine of martrin, pertaining to the marten, from martre, marten) and from Medieval Latin martrīna, both of Germanic origin.
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