Mustela

See also: mustela

Translingual

Mustela putorius

Etymology

From Latin mūstēla (“weasel”), probably from mūs (“mouse”)

Proper noun

Mustela f

A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – the weasels.

Hypernyms

(genus): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - cohort; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Carnivora - order; Caniformia - suborder; Mustelidae - family; Mustelinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Mustela africana, Mustela altaica, Mustela erminea, Mustela eversmannii, Mustela felipei, Mustela frenata, Mustela kathiah, Mustela lutreola, Mustela lutreolina, Mustela macrodon, Mustela nigripes, Mustela nivalis, Mustela nudipes, Mustela putorius, Mustela sibirica, Mustela strigidorsa, Mustela vison ( ⇒ Neovison vison) - species

Further reading

Mustela on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Mustela on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Mustela on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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