chamois

noun

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as in mink

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Recent Examples of chamois The heels are lined with chamois leather and the toes with linen; the soles are pigskin. — Literary Hub, 4 Aug. 2025 For supreme comfort while riding, choose cycling jerseys, bibs, and shorts from Mission Workshop—you’ll love the soft feel, extra pockets, and protective chamois. — Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025 Keep your eyes peeled—and binoculars handy—for goat-like chamois, bearded vultures, and beavers against the stunning backdrop of Eiger, Mönch, Jungfrau, and the steep Justistal Valley below. — AFAR Media, 18 July 2025 The channels between the chamois panels further enhance the ventilation while preventing bunching. — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for chamois
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chamois
  1. mink
  2. beaver
  3. rabbit
  4. marten
  5. otter
  6. badger
  7. ermine
  8. muskrat
Noun
  • In the mink colorway, a warm, grayish brown neutral, the bed is versatile enough to complement any evolving palette and lots of different aesthetics.
    — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The sleek style is made from top-grain Italian leather and is available in black, cognac, or mink.
    — Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2026
Definition of mink
Noun
  • On Sunday, the show aired a follow-up after Buc-ee’s filed a lawsuit against Beaver’s Mini Mart of Beavercreek, Ohio, accusing it of copyright infringement over the use of a beaver as its mascot.
    — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The latest reports of rabid animals follows an incident in July in which a beaver infected with rabies bit a 13-year-old boy at Cunningham Falls State Park in Maryland's Frederick County.
    — Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of beaver
Noun
  • The franchise started with the original 2016 movie, which introduced fans to rabbit police officer Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) and con artist fox Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman).
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
  • California’s bid to outlaw ‘glow-in-the-dark rabbits’ and ‘unicorn horses’ through experimentation fails.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of rabbit
Noun
  • The ranch also may be home to threatened or endangered species, including Canada lynx, American marten, snowshoe hare and Gunnison’s prairie dog.
    — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 28 June 2026
  • Otters are part of the weasel family (Mustelidae), which includes some of nature’s most ferocious pint-sized predators, such as badgers, martens, and wolverines.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of marten
Noun
  • The mile-long walk to Fisherman’s Wharf typically includes otter and harbor seal sightings.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
  • Pictures of the Channel Islands in the 1980s, after an analogous period of protection from human and otter predation, show huge herds of black abalone, shell to shell, covering patches of the tidepool like floor tiling.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 July 2026
Definition of otter
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  • Between my sobs and his sighs, the other servers tucked past, wondering what was happening but not really wanting to deal with the crazy person watching their co-worker badger-dig into the bowels of this cabinet.
    — Asha Iyer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • These animals included badgers, bats, crows, foxes, hedgehogs, otters and owls, among many others.
    — Elan Abrell, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
Definition of badger
Noun
  • Courtesy of Julie Montagu She’d found the Earl’s coronation robe and waistcoat, complete with ermine.
    — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Further complicating the mustelids’ lexical family tree, the Haida ermine, found on islands off the Pacific Northwest coast, was also once considered a subspecies of the common stoat, but is now recognized as its own species.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
Definition of ermine
Noun
  • It is commonly spread through tick bites and deer flies that have fed on infected animals, such as wild rabbits, hares, muskrats and rodents.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Gassing of the muskrat runs, or burrows, was also tried.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 June 2026
Definition of muskrat

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