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mink

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as in beaver

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Recent Examples of mink Arthur Labellman, 81, ran the shop started by his grandfather in 1919 for more than 50 years, selling mink coats and other products at the height of downtown’s retail era. — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2026 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 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 See All Example Sentences for mink

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Another group that was canoeing in the park that day also reported a beaver charging at one of their boats.

— Renee Anderson, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
But the company’s lawsuits over its beaver logo fuel debate over the balance of power between national and local brands.

— Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of beaver

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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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The new policy prohibits fur from animals killed specifically for their pelts, including mink, fox, rabbit, chinchilla and coyote.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
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

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Sixteen sets of eyes stared up at her from the rug as children strained to get a look at the tearful raccoon.

— Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
While these are skills raccoons would likely learn on their own, Woodside’s staff hopes the training gives the kits a greater chance of survival.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of raccoon

Noun

On previous survey nights that lasted until sunrise, the researchers have seen mule deer, bobcats, badgers and foxes prowling in the cover of the dark.

— Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Smith would later learn that Cello had made his way into a badger’s den — called a sett — and became lost in the underground network of tunnels.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026

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