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mink

noun

Definition of mink

as in beaver

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Recent Examples of mink The water vole was nearly wiped out in Britain by the 1990s via habitat destruction and the introduction of American minks (Neogale vison). — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 June 2026 The tension is thicker than mink. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026 His white mink coat had a tail as long as the entrance ramp. — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2026 In other words, as my grandmother (yes, her again) might have said, the lady really knew how to drag her mink. — Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mink

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Noun

Then, a 900-lb beaver, Buc-ee’s, shows up with 50 gas pumps and a lawsuit.

— Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
There’s the yellow, blue-nosed beaver Norb (Nick Bakay) — witty, sophisticated, sarcastic, and opinionated.

— Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 20 June 2026

Definition of beaver

Noun

But the population of mule deer has been steadily decreasing since the 1970s, leading some scientists to theorize that the newly resurgent wolves are relying on other prey, including beavers, rabbits and livestock, the 2021 report states.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
To be sure, the rabbits roaming the garden won’t be adding the rattlesnake master to their diet any time soon.

— Sheryl DeVore, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2026

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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
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

Definition of otter

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

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Queen Bey’s feminism would mature — on the occasion of her 25th birthday, specifics were mostly limited to paying one’s own way and doing one’s best to keep rivals out of chinchilla coats.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 4 July 2026
Other small mammals like ferrets, degus, sugar gliders, chinchillas, gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs, rats and mice are all allowed as pets.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2026

Definition of chinchilla

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Or the time a person flipped their car over to avoid hitting a raccoon that was casually strolling across a busy downtown intersection (neither the driver nor the raccoon were injured).

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Norway's striker Erling Braut Haaland carries a taxidermy raccoon at Oslo's Gardermoen Airport on Monday.

— Reuters, NBC news, 14 July 2026

Definition of raccoon

Noun

Both minks and otters are mustelids, a family of carnivores that also includes badgers, weasels, and wolverines.

— Kassia Bonesteel, CBS News, 1 July 2026
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

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