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fur farm

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noun

  1. a farm on which animals, as minks, are raised for their pelts.


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Etymology

Origin of fur farm

First recorded in 1910–15

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H5N1 is also presumed to have spread among mink on a fur farm in Spain.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2024

Hundreds of farmed mink are wandering through central Pennsylvania after escaping from a nearby fur farm, according to Pennsylvania State Police.

From Salon • Sep. 22, 2023

Most likely, they said, was a farmed animal, possibly a wild species on a fur farm, was that "intermediate host" between bats and humans.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2021

Nutria were first brought to California in the late 1800s in an effort to establish a fur farm industry.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2019

Max, honest to goodness now," Bandy-legs remarked, "do you really take any stock in that fairy story he told us about an imaginary fur farm?

From At Whispering Pine Lodge by Leslie, Lawrence J.

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