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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: sable (0.03230 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to sable.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sable
sable
adj : dark somewhat brownish black
sable
n 1: an artist's brush made of sable hair [syn:
sable brush,
sable's hair pencil
]
2: the expensive dark brown fur of the marten
3: a very dark black [syn:
coal black,
ebony,
jet black,
pitch black,
soot black]
4: a scarf (or trimming) made of sable
5: marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown
fur [syn:
Martes zibellina]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: sable
marten
\mar"ten\, n. [From older martern, marter, martre, F.
martre, marte, LL. martures (pl.), fr. L. martes; akin to AS.
mear[eth], meard, G. marder, OHG. mardar, Icel. m["o]r[eth]r.
Cf.
Foumart.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several fur-bearing carnivores of
the genus
Martes (formerly
Mustela), closely allied to
the sable. Among the more important species are the
European
beech marten or
stone marten (
Martes foina
); the
pine marten (
Martes martes); and the
American marten, or
sable (
Martes Americana), which
some zo["o]logists consider only a variety of the Russian
sable.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. The fur of the marten, used for hats, muffs, etc.
[1913 Webster]
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