MARTEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does marten mean? 

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

1. agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARTEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

marten; marten cat

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

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

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

Martes martes; pine marten (dark brown marten of northern Eurasian coniferous forests)

Martes zibellina; sable (marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur)

American marten; American sable; Martes americana (valued for its fur)

beech marten; Martes foina; stone marten (Eurasian marten having a brown coat with pale breast and throat)

black cat; fisher; fisher cat; Martes pennanti; pekan (large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal)

Charronia flavigula; yellow-throated marten (large yellow and black marten of southern China and Burma)

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

genus Martes; Martes (martens)