Mustela

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Translingual

Mustela putorius

Etymology

From Latin mūstēla (“weasel”), probably from mūs (“mouse”).

Proper noun

Mustela f

A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – weasels and close relatives.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Caniformia - suborder; Mustelidae - family; Mustelinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Mustela erminea (stoat, Beringian ermine, Eurasian ermine, short-tailed weasel) - type species; , Mustela aistoodonnivalis (missing-toothed pygmy weasel), Mustela altaica (mountain weasel), Mustela eversmannii (steppe polecat), Mustela furo (domestic ferret), Mustela haidarum (Haida ermine), Mustela itatsi (Japanese weasel), Mustela kathiah (yellow-bellied weasel), Mustela lutreola (European mink), Mustela lutreolina (Indonesian mountain weasel), Mustela macrodon, Mustela nigripes (black-footed ferret), Mustela nivalis (least weasel), Mustela nudipes (Malayan weasel), Mustela putorius (European polecat), Mustela rickardsonii (American ermine), Mustela sibirica (Siberian weasel), Mustela strigidorsa (back-striped weasel) - other currently accepted species
- Mustela africana ( ⇒ Neogale africana, Amazon weasel), Mustela felipei ( ⇒ Neogale felipei, Colombian weasel), Mustela frenata ( ⇒ Neogale frenata, long-tailed weasel), Mustela vison ( ⇒ Neovison vison ⇒ Neogale vison, American mink) - species now in genus Neogale

References

Mustela on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Mustela on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Mustela on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Etymology

From mūstēla (“weasel”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /muːsˈteː.la/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /musˈte.la/,

Proper noun

Mūstēla m sg (genitive Mūstēlae); first declension

a Roman cognomen famously held by:
1. Tamisius Mustela, a Roman retainer

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Mūstēla
genitive	Mūstēlae
dative	Mūstēlae
accusative	Mūstēlam
ablative	Mūstēlā
vocative	Mūstēla

References

“Mustela”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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