from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun Either of two semiaquatic mustelid carnivores, Mustela lutreola of Europe or Neovison vison of North America, having a pointed snout, short legs, and partly webbed toes, and bred for their commercially valuable fur.
noun The soft thick lustrous fur of this animal.
noun A coat, stole, or hat made of the fur of this animal.
from The Century Dictionary.
noun An American digitigrade carnivorous quadruped of the family Mustelidæ, Putorius (Lutreola) vison, of semi-aquatic habits.
noun Same as kingfish .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun (Zoöl.) A carnivorous mammal of the genus Mustela (foremrly Putorius), allied to the weasel. The European mink is Mustela lutreola. The common American mink (Mustela vison) varies from yellowish brown to black. Its fur is highly valued. Called also minx, nurik, and vison.
noun The fur of the mink{1}. Together with sable, it is one of the most expensive furs not taken from endangerd species. When the fur is taken from animals grown on a farm, it called ranch mink.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun Any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorousmammals in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant.
noun An article of clothing made of mink.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun fur coat made from the soft lustrous fur of minks
noun the expensive fur of a mink
noun slender-bodied semiaquatic mammal having partially webbed feet; valued for its fur
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English, mink fur, possibly of Scandinavian origin.]
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Of North Germanic origin.
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Alternatively, take a cab north to Yorkville where the designer artery Bloor Street has given the stretch between Avenue Road and Yonge the nickname "mink mile".
Animal rights activists say they have uncovered evidence of animal cruelty in Swedish mink farms, and are calling on the government to speed up moves to ban the rearing of mink for fur.
But when the gangsters’ wives start showing up in mink coats and driving hot pink convertibles, they become obvious targets for the police, and he flies off the handle.
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sionnach commented on the word mink
Don't miss Sean Penn's fabulous performance as a feisty, cross-dressing political crusader for drag queen emancipation in Gus van Zandt's latest biopic.
January 6, 2009
gulyasrobi commented on the word mink
"mink" in Hungarian means: we (regional and social variant)
August 11, 2012