MUSTELA PUTORIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mustela putorius mean? 

• MUSTELA PUTORIUS (noun)
  The noun MUSTELA PUTORIUS has 1 sense:

1. dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened

  Familiarity information: MUSTELA PUTORIUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSTELA PUTORIUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

fitch; foulmart; foumart; Mustela putorius; polecat

Hypernyms ("Mustela putorius" is a kind of...):

mustelid; musteline; musteline mammal (fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Mustela putorius"):

ferret (domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits)

Holonyms ("Mustela putorius" is a member of...):

genus Mustela; Mustela (type genus of the family Mustelidae: minks and weasels)