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fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals
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musteline mammal,
mustelid |
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carnivore any animal that feeds on flesh; "Tyrannosaurus Rex was a large carnivore"; "insectivorous plants are considered carnivores"
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family mustelidae,
mustelidae weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martens
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weasel small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck
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mink slender-bodied semiaquatic mammal having partially webbed feet; valued for its fur
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fitch,
foulmart,
foumart,
mustela putorius,
polecat dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
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black-footed ferret,
mustela nigripes,
ferret musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct
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otter freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur
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enhydra lutris,
sea otter large marine otter of northern Pacific coasts having very thick dark brown fur
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wood pussy,
polecat,
skunk dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
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badger sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
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honey badger,
mellivora capensis,
ratel nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia
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carcajou,
gulo luscus,
skunk bear,
wolverine stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal
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gulo gulo,
glutton,
wolverine musteline mammal of northern Eurasia
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galictis vittatus,
grison,
grison vittatus carnivore of Central America and South America resembling a weasel with a greyish-white back and dark underparts
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marten,
marten cat agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels
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