chamois

noun

Definition of chamoisnext
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
  • Drape it over your sofa throughout the season and refresh your space with new throw pillow covers, like the Cozy Teddy covers in the same fuzzy fabric or the luxuriously soft faux-mink covers in a similar color.
    — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of mink
Noun
  • The Seneca Creek attack follows two beaver attacks at Cunningham Falls State Park in Frederick County, more than 36 miles away.
    — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The beaver itself is a shortcut for the company’s larger retail brand – something customers see on signs, merchandise and inside its stores – and Buc-ee’s has invested in protecting it.
    — Jason St. Angelo, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of beaver
Noun
  • The herder cared for Pantoja, keeping him warm with animal skins, teaching him to milk the goats, and how to hunt rabbits with a stick.
    — Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Plants tolerate a range of soils and are unbothered by rabbits or deer but are susceptible to powdery mildew.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 20 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 road where the otter was injured crosses several waterways that the animals often use, Pedrioli said.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The mile-long walk to Fisherman’s Wharf typically includes otter and harbor seal sightings.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
Definition of otter
Noun
  • 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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