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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 (Mustela vison of North America and M. lutreola of Eurasia) of the weasel family that have partially webbed feet, a rather short bushy tail, and a soft thick coat
Examples of mink in a Sentence
a coat made of mink
women wearing expensive jewelry and minks
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Filling the stands right alongside them were a bevy of gangsters, pimps, drug dealers, and ordinary boxing fans, decked in silk shirts unbuttoned to the navel, four-inch platform shoes, ankle-length mink coats, mink fedoras, and mink bowties.
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Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
Particularly concerning were mink that harbored a bat coronavirus similar to the one that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome in humans.
—Byjon Cohen, science.org, 5 Sep. 2024
Videos of the mink playing with a plant and frolicking together were originally posted to the Port Washington Voice Facebook group.
—Angelika Ytuarte, Journal Sentinel, 25 July 2024
Finland expects to offer them to people who work on fur farms this month as a precaution because its mink and fox farms were hit by the bird flu last year.
—Amy Maxmen | Kff Health News, ABC News, 11 July 2024
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Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2024
Particularly concerning were mink that harbored a bat coronavirus similar to the one that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome in humans.
—Byjon Cohen, science.org, 5 Sep. 2024
Videos of the mink playing with a plant and frolicking together were originally posted to the Port Washington Voice Facebook group.
—Angelika Ytuarte, Journal Sentinel, 25 July 2024
Finland expects to offer them to people who work on fur farms this month as a precaution because its mink and fox farms were hit by the bird flu last year.
—Amy Maxmen | Kff Health News, ABC News, 11 July 2024
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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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