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musteline

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
muste-line
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

noun

Any member of the family Mustelidae.

noun

More specifically, any member of the mustelid subfamily Mustelinae.

adj

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of mustelids.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more musteline (comparative) most musteline (superlative) mustelline (alternative) mustelines (plural)

Synonyms

musteline mammal mustelid

Questions

What does musteline mean?
Like or relating to the family Mustelidae, or the weasels and martens.
Where does musteline come from?
From the Latin mūstēlīnus, from mūstēla (“weasel”), from mūs (“mouse”, “rat”).

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