marten
any of several slender, chiefly arboreal carnivores of the genus Martes, of northern forests, having a long, glossy coat and bushy tail.
the fur of such an animal, generally a dark brown.
Origin of marten
1Words Nearby marten
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The stone martens didn’t turn up at the sites at all, while badgers seemed unperturbed.
The curious case of an endangered wildcat and a disappearing fruit tree | April Reese | August 3, 2022 | Popular-ScienceUsing a test score alone to judge a school was unethical, marten argued.
The Learning Curve: Education Can’t Solve Poverty Alone, But It Should Do Its Part | Will Huntsberry | February 11, 2022 | Voice of San DiegoThere was a massive power outage that turned out to be the result of a small mammal now thought to be a marten weasel, which chewed through some power lines and sadly died, but not before taking the LHC with it, albeit temporarily.
Death ‘by planet’ was surprisingly common in the 1600s | PopSci Staff | November 24, 2021 | Popular-ScienceWilliamson and Maxwell were no fans of marten – nor current school board leaders like Richard Barrera who helped put her in power.
The Learning Curve: What We Know About San Diego Unified’s Superintendent Search | Will Huntsberry | July 22, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoThey tried to push several senators to vote “no” on marten’s confirmation, but ultimately marten made it through the confirmation process with relative ease.
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When recounting her trip to her friend Glen (marten Holder Weiner), Sally summed up her visit to Manhattan in one word: “Dirty.”
Small Bright Brown—dubbed with camel's hair, and marten's yellow fur mixed, wings pale feather of a starling.
The Teesdale Angler | R LakelandThe marten makes a nest of moss, grass and leaves, in a hollow tree or log or among rocks.
Muskrat City | Henry AbbottIn the woods his food is similar to that of the marten, although he cannot climb a tree to capture his prey.
Muskrat City | Henry AbbottCocking his head on one side, the marten regarded the swaying nest critically out of his bright black eyes.
Wild Folk | Samuel ScovilleWith a flying leap, the marten reached the spruce and flashed up the trunk, with never a look behind.
Wild Folk | Samuel Scoville
British Dictionary definitions for marten
/ (ˈmɑːtɪn) /
any of several agile arboreal musteline mammals of the genus Martes, of Europe, Asia, and North America, having bushy tails and golden brown to blackish fur: See also pine marten
the highly valued fur of these animals, esp that of M. americana
Origin of marten
1- See also sable (def. 1)
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