Definition of "mustelid" [mustelid]

• A carnivorous mammal of the weasel family Mustelidae. (noun)

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• "The Kentish otters herald a remarkable – if slow – renaissance for the sleek, fish-devouring member of the mustelid family, which declined by 95% of its range in western Europe during the 20th century."
• "Maybe mink, the slow cousin of the mustelid family."
• "Conservation officers attempting to track the spread of the rarely-seen fisher (a good-sized mustelid) are using fingerprints to distinguish individual animals."