mustela nigripes
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Noun (1)
- musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinctSynonyms: black-footed ferretferretType of musteline mammal, mustelidMember of Mustela, genus Mustela
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“mustela nigripes” is listed under Black-footed ferret.
Black′-foot′ed fer′ret (…), noun
a weasellike mammal (Mustela nigripes) inhabiting the western North American prairie, having dark feet, a dark-tipped tail, and a dark face on a yellowish-brown coat. It is an endangered species.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54