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    GENUS MUSTELA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the family Mustelidae: minks and weaselsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Mustela; Mustela

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Mustela" is a member of...):

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

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