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musteline

musteline adjective: like or relating to the family Mustelidae, or the weasels and martens.

Adjective (1)

musteline (comparative more musteline, superlative most musteline)

  1. Like or relating to the family Mustelidae, or the weasels and martens.

Noun

musteline (plural mustelines)

  1. Any member of the family Mustelidae.
  2. More specifically, any member of the mustelid subfamily Mustelinae.

Adjective (2)

musteline (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of mustelids.

Forms of musteline

Adjective
comparativemore musteline
superlativemost musteline
alternative formmustelline
Noun
pluralmustelines

Origin of musteline

From the Latin mūstēlīnus, from mūstēla (“weasel”), from mūs (“mouse”, “rat”).

Questions about musteline

What does musteline mean?
Musteline means like or relating to the family Mustelidae, or the weasels and martens.
What part of speech is musteline?
Musteline can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near musteline in the dictionary

  1. musteeses
  2. mustela
  3. mustelas
  4. mustelid
  5. mustelids
  6. musteline
  7. mustelines
  8. mustelline
  9. musteloid
  10. musteloids
  11. muster

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