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mustelas

mustelas is the plural of mustela.

Meaning of mustela

Noun

mustela (plural mustelas)

  1. Any of the carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela.
    • Almost all of the mustelas have a power of secreting and discharging a most fetid and intolerable stench at their will; and many of them do it as a mean of defence: and often so effectually that the very beast that pursues them is compelled to relinquish the chace, so completely is he overpowered...1826, John Mason Good, “Lecture I. On Zoological Systems, and the Distinctive Characters of Animals”, in The Book of Nature, volume II, London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, […]...
    Synonyms:
    weasel

Questions about mustelas

What is mustelas the plural of?
Mustelas is the plural of mustela.

Words near mustelas in the dictionary

  1. musteefinoes
  2. musteefinos
  3. mustees
  4. musteeses
  5. mustela
  6. mustelas
  7. mustelid
  8. mustelids
  9. musteline
  10. mustelines
  11. mustelline

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