marten

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Recent Examples of marten The coastal marten, also known as the Humboldt marten, is about the size of a ferret and lives in coastal forests. Kerry Breen, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026 Forty-six different martens, consisting of 28 males and 18 females, were found following genetic analysis of hair, per the OSU release. Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026 The genetic analysis of the hair identified 46 different martens (18 females and 28 males) living in Klamath, California. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 Jan. 2026 Levi studies the endangered Humboldt marten, a small carnivore that lives on the Northern California and Southern Oregon coast. Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for marten
Recent Examples of Synonyms for marten
Noun
  • Sonoma County Animal Services said its officers responded to the resident's call and discovered that the otter was actually a tiny baby American mink.
    Kassia Bonesteel, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • The American mink likely wandered into the resident's yard from the riverbank, according to the Sonoma County Animal Service.
    Noe Padilla, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • There’s an art gallery, the Birds of Prey Center, an otter exhibit, and Desertarium, which features turtles, snakes, lizards, frogs, and more.
    Lauren Jones, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026
  • Here's what to know about Splash the otter.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 7 June 2026
Noun
  • There’s the yellow, blue-nosed beaver Norb (Nick Bakay) — witty, sophisticated, sarcastic, and opinionated.
    Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 20 June 2026
  • In recent years, however, beaver reintroductions have started to become more popular in the country because these semi-aquatic rodents are amazing natural engineers.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • Keep Out Host Animals Ticks love to catch a ride on host animals like deer, rabbits, and chipmunks.
    Heather Bien, The Spruce, 23 June 2026
  • The sea urchin omelette is unexpected and satisfying, as is the rabbit sausage.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Over the next several decades, a roll call of Pennsylvania’s native animals would be extirpated, including mountain lions, wolves, wolverines, badgers, pine marten, and fisher cats; whitetail deer were nearly wiped out of the state, as were black bears and turkeys.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • Although honey badgers are often described online as though venom simply doesn’t affect them, the reality is a bit more nuanced.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Noun
  • This enables researchers to track spatial and temporal trends for many Wisconsin species, such as black bears, bobcats, coyotes, opossum and raccoons.
    Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Critter Control offers specialized pest control plans to get rid of raccoons, squirrels, rats, mice, bats and more.
    Alora Bopray, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Depredation occurs when a shark steals an angler’s catch off their line, and Florida’s fishers are tired of it.
    Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
  • The fin-monitoring program worked because fishers participated voluntarily.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Gassing of the muskrat runs, or burrows, was also tried.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 June 2026
  • In fact, one quite successful muskie artificial lure is fashioned of fur in the shape of a small muskrat, and has a black soft-plastic tail.
    Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026

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“Marten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marten. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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