Found 2 items, similar to stone marten.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: stone marten
stone marten
n : Eurasian marten having a brown coat with pale breast and
throat [syn:
beech marten,
Martes foina]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: stone marten
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.
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2. The fur of the marten, used for hats, muffs, etc.
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