mink

(mĭngk)

n. pl. mink or minks

1. Either of two semiaquatic mustelid carnivores, Mustela lutreola of Europe or Neovison vison of North America, having a pointed snout, short legs, and partly webbed toes. The North American species is bred for its commercially valuable fur.

a. The soft thick lustrous fur of a mink.

b. A coat, stole, or hat made of this fur.

[Middle English, mink fur, possibly of Scandinavian origin.]

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mink

(mɪŋk)

n, pl mink or minks

1. (Animals) any of several semiaquatic musteline mammals of the genus Mustela, of Europe, Asia, and North America, having slightly webbed feet

2. (Textiles) the highly valued fur of these animals, esp that of the American mink (M. vison)

3. (Clothing & Fashion) a garment made of this, esp a woman's coat or stole

[C15: from Scandinavian; compare Danish mink, Swedish mänk]

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mink

(mɪŋk)

n., pl. minks, (esp. collectively) mink.

1. either of two semiaquatic weasels: Mustela vison, of N. America, and M. lutreola, of Eurasia.

2. the soft, lustrous fur of this animal, brownish in the natural state.

3. a garment made of this fur.

[1425–75; orig. uncertain]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	mink - the expensive fur of a mink fur, pelt - the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
	2.	mink - fur coat made from the soft lustrous fur of minks mink coat fur coat - a coat made of fur
	3.	mink - slender-bodied semiaquatic mammal having partially webbed feet; valued for its fur mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal - fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals genus Mustela, Mustela - type genus of the family Mustelidae: minks and weasels American mink, Mustela vison - usually rich dark brown

mink

noun

Related words
female sow

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Translations

سَمّور مِسْكيفَرْو السَّمّور المِسْكيمِعْطَف من فَرو السَّمّور المِسْكيمينك

noreknorkovýnorkový kožich

minkmink-minkpels

Nerz Nerzfell

βιζόν

visón

euroopa naaritsmink

minkki

vison

kanadska kuna

nercbundanercprémnercszőrmenyérc

minkapelsminkaskinnminkur

visone

ミンク

밍크

audinėaudinės kailiniaiaudinės kailis

ūdeļādaūdeļādas kažoksūdele

nurcă

norkanorkovýnorkový kožuch

mink

ตัวมิงค์ ขนใช้ทำเสื้อกันหนาว

vizonvizon mantomink

chồn vizon

水貂貂貂皮貂皮大衣

mink

[mɪŋk]

A. N (mink or minks (pl))

1. (Zool) → visón m

2. (= fur) → piel f de visón

3. (= coat) → abrigo m de visón

B. CPD mink coat N → abrigo m de visón
mink farm N → criadero m de visones

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mink

[ˈmɪŋk] n

(= animal) → vison m

(= fur) → vison mmink coat n → manteau m de vison

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mink

n → Nerz m; mink coat → Nerzmantel m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

mink

[mɪŋk] n → visone m
European mink → lutreola

mink

(miŋk) noun

1. a small weasel-like kind of animal.

2. its fur. a hat made of mink; (also adjective) a mink coat.

3. a mink coat. She wore her new mink.

mink

→ مينك norek mink Nerz βιζόν visón minkki vison kanadska kuna visone ミンク 밍크 nerts mink norka marta норка mink ตัวมิงค์ ขนใช้ทำเสื้อกันหนาว vizon chồn vizon 貂

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or what plenty is there where you hunt a day, and not start a buck, or see anything bigger than a mink, or maybe a stray fox!

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I never took even a slinking mink or a paddling musk-rat in a cage; though I admit having peppered a few of the dark-skin'd devils, when I had much better have kept my powder in the horn and the lead in its pouch.

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I can easily walk ten, fifteen, twenty, any number of miles, commencing at my own door, without going by any house, without crossing a road except where the fox and the mink do: first along by the river, and then the brook, and then the meadow and the woodside.

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From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats.

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The Scottish Invasive Species Initiative is urging volunteers to come forward to help monitor for the mink, which are on the move after breeding earlier this year.

Think mink as fierce predator looks for home; Wildlife: Campaign to track migrating animals

The Scottish Invasive Species Initiative (Sisi) has asked for help monitoring juvenile American mink, which are leaving their home territories after breeding earlier this year.

Bid to manage minks

The Bill, put forward by People Before Profit's Ruth Coppinger and supported by other government parties, aims to ban the farming of minks on three Irish sites.

Farmer and TD clash over mink farming

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Effects of Scale and Gender on Winter Habitat Selection by American Mink

The American mink (Neovison vison Schreber, 1777) has spread throughout much of Europe and currently occupies an area stretching from Russia and Scandinavia to Britain and the Iberian Peninsula (Dunstone 1993, Lariviere & Jennings 2009).

Food and feeding habits of Eurasian otter, Lutra lutra, and American mink, Neovison vison, in an Atlantic island of northwest Spain