noun
musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct
• Syn: ↑ferret, ↑Mustela nigripes
• Hypernyms: ↑musteline mammal, ↑mustelid, ↑musteline
• Member Holonyms: ↑Mustela, ↑genus Mustela
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noun : an American weasel (Mustela nigripes) related to the European polecat and resembling a yellow mink with dark feet, tail, and mask
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/blak"foot'id/
a weasellike polecat, Mustela nigripes, of prairie regions of the U.S., having a yellowish-brown body with the tip of the tail and legs black: an endangered species. See illus. under ferret.
[1880-85, Amer.]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.