musteline

• mustelline (rare)

From the Latin mūstēlīnus, from mūstēla (“weasel”), from mūs (“mouse”, “rat”).

musteline (comparative more musteline, superlative most musteline)

1. (zoology) Like or relating to the family Mustelidae, or the weasels and martens.

musteline (plural mustelines)

1. (zoology) Any member of the family Mustelidae.
2. More specifically, any member of the mustelid subfamily Mustelinae.

musteline (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of mustelids.

• “musteline”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• elmustine