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marten

Small bushy-tailed carnivorous mammal belonging to the weasel family. Martens live in North America, Europe, and temperate regions of Asia, and are agile tree climbers. (Genus Martes, family Mustelidae.)

The sable (M. zibellina) lives in eastern Siberia, and provides the most valued fur. The largest marten is the fisher (M. pennanti) of North America, with black fur and reaching 125 cm/4 ft in length.



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" said Sancho, "see what marten and sable, and pads of carded cotton he is putting into the bags, that our heads may not be broken and our bones beaten to jelly
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
" said Hawkeye, laughing once more in his own silent, heartfelt manner; "but had my gun often turned so much from the true line, many a marten, whose skin is now in a lady's muff, would still be in the woods; ay, and many a bloody Mingo, who has departed to his final account, would be acting his deviltries at this very day, atween the provinces.
The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
Some thought it was part flying squirrel or some other wild animal, which is not impossible, for, according to naturalists, prolific hybrids have been produced by the union of the marten and domestic cat.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
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