MUSTELA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mustela mean? 

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

1. type genus of the family Mustelidae: minks and weasels

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSTELA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Mustelidae: minks and weasels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Mustela; Mustela

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Mustela"):

weasel (small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck)

mink (slender-bodied semiaquatic mammal having partially webbed feet; valued for its fur)

fitch; foulmart; foumart; Mustela putorius; polecat (dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened)

black-footed ferret; ferret; Mustela nigripes (musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct)

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

family Mustelidae; Mustelidae (weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martens)

 Context examples 

The common domestic mammal, Mustela putorious.

(Ferret, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A small domestic mammal of the type Mustela putorious, with an elongated body and brown, black, white, or mixed fur.

(Ferret, NCI Thesaurus)