mustélido

Definitions of mustélido
  1. noun
    fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals
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    comadreja, mustela
    small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck
    visón
    slender-bodied semiaquatic mammal having partially webbed feet; valued for its fur
    hurón, turón
    dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
    hurón
    musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct
    nutria
    freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur
    turón
    American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
    tejón
    sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
    glotón
    musteline mammal of northern Eurasia
    fuina, garduña, marta
    agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels
    taira
    long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America
    armiño
    mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat
    visón americano
    usually rich dark brown
    marta cebellina
    marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur
    marta americana
    valued for its fur
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    carnívoro
    a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
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