Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The name specifically given to the American mink by Brisson in 1756, and subsequently so used by most authors.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) The mink.

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  • noun Used as as species epithet: mink.
  • noun The American mink, variously classified as Neovison vison or Mustela vison.

Etymologies

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New Latin, from French

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From French.

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