mustelid
English Thesaurus
1. fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | carnivore, |
| definition | : | a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | weasel, |
| definition | : | small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | mink, |
| definition | : | slender-bodied semiaquatic mammal having partially webbed feet; valued for its fur (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | otter, |
| definition | : | freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | enhydra lutris, sea otter, |
| definition | : | large marine otter of northern Pacific coasts having very thick dark brown fur (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | polecat, skunk, wood pussy, |
| definition | : | American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | badger, |
| definition | : | sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | marten, marten cat, |
| definition | : | agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | eira barbara, taira, tayra, |
| definition | : | long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | family mustelidae, mustelidae, |
| definition | : | weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martens (noun.animal) |
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