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plural mink or minks
1
: soft fur or pelt of the mink varying in color from white to dark brown
2
: either of two slender-bodied semiaquatic carnivorous mammals (Neogale vison of North America and Mustela lutreola of Eurasia) of the weasel family that have partially webbed feet, a rather short bushy tail, and a soft thick coat
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a coat made of mink
women wearing expensive jewelry and minks
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Ksenia, whom Baranov meets at a hedonistic party in the early 1990s as counterculturals rage amid the dawn of a new, post-USSR Russian era, is indicated as a grifting wild thing, the type who always has a mysterious male benefactor to keep her in minks.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025
On the smaller side, species like the river otter and mink can be found feasting on fish by the water’s edge, while lucky visitors may catch a glimpse of a wolverine roaming the tundra—and these are far from the only predators that call Katmai home.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Its voraciousness has threatened native populations of minks, muskrats, and river otters.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
On the runway, several iterations were displayed in materials ranging from leather, shearling and satin, to mink, swakara and eel.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 3 July 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025
On the smaller side, species like the river otter and mink can be found feasting on fish by the water’s edge, while lucky visitors may catch a glimpse of a wolverine roaming the tundra—and these are far from the only predators that call Katmai home.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Its voraciousness has threatened native populations of minks, muskrats, and river otters.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
On the runway, several iterations were displayed in materials ranging from leather, shearling and satin, to mink, swakara and eel.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 3 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for mink
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“Mink.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mink. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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mink
noun
plural mink or minks
: either of two flesh-eating mammals that resemble the related weasels, have a slender body, partly webbed feet, and a somewhat bushy tail, and live near water
also
: the soft normally dark brown fur of a mink
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