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marten

10 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. marten (noun)
  2. baum marten (noun)
  3. beech marten (noun)
  4. palm marten (noun)
  5. Pennant's marten (noun)
  6. pine marten (noun)
  7. stone marten (noun)
  8. sweet marten (noun)
  9. tree marten (noun)
  10. yellow-throated marten (noun)

mar·ten

noun \ˈmär-tən\
plural marten or martens

Definition of MARTEN

1
: any of several semiarboreal slender-bodied carnivorous mammals (genus Martes) of the weasel family that occur in the northern hemisphere
2
: the fur or pelt of a marten
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Origin of MARTEN

Middle English martryn, from Anglo-French martrine marten fur, from Old French martre marten, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English mearth marten
First Known Use: 13th century

Rhymes with MARTEN

Barton, carton, hearten, martin, smarten, Spartan, tartan

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