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marten

mar·ten

UK/ˈmɑː.tɪn/ US/ˈmɑː.tən/ uncommon archaic

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1.

agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels

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From Middle English martren, martryn, from Old French martrine (“marten fur”), from Old Dutch *marthrīn (“of marten fur”), from *marthar (“marten”). Displaced related Old English mearþ, from Proto-Germanic *marþuz.

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