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mustelline

/mʌˈstɛlaɪn/

mustelline is the rare spelling of musteline.

Meaning of musteline

Adjective (1)

musteline (comparative more musteline, superlative most musteline)

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

Adjective (2)

musteline (not comparable)

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

See all 4 meanings of musteline

Forms of mustelline

comparativemore mustelline
superlativemost mustelline

Origin of mustelline

From the Latin mūstellīnus, from mūstella, an alternative form of mūstēla; see musteline.

Questions about mustelline

What is mustelline the rare spelling of?
Mustelline is the rare spelling of musteline.
How do you pronounce mustelline?
Mustelline is pronounced /mʌˈstɛlaɪn/.

Words near mustelline in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mustelline (page history and authors); musteline (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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