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mink

noun

Definition of mink

as in beaver

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Recent Examples of mink The report raised alarm because mink is a species that could give the virus opportunities to mutate to better spread among humans. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026 Flu experts were unequivocal that the government should have ordered the farm to cull its mink, as other countries have done. — Nat Lash, ProPublica, 23 Oct. 2026 Mink Brown Baum says to think of a mink brown is a true medium brown that’s rich and shiny, but still understated. — Audrey Noble, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mink

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Noun

Per TimeandDate, the beaver moon gets its name from the time of year when beavers traditionally become busy preparing their dams and lodges for winter.

— Michael d'Estries, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2026
The preferred method of managing beaver is not to hunt or trap them.

— Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of beaver

Noun

Open meadows connect with forest through long hedgerows, providing food and shelter for wildlife including beavers, otters, opossums, muskrats and numerous resident and migratory birds, according to ESLC.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of muskrat

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MetLife also covers grief counseling and cremation benefits, trims your deductible for each claim-free year and, in some states, insures exotic pets such as birds, reptiles and rabbits.

— Matt Richardson, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Deer, rabbits, and other creatures will make short work of them.

— Sydney Price, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 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

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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

Definition of chinchilla

Noun

But the possibility that these new tracks were augmented by AI saps the novelty, in the same way that an AI video of a raccoon climbing a string of Christmas lights isn’t cute in the slightest.

— Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2026
The Trogon is a rare find, but the park also hosts 200 to 500 resident and migratory species, along with the coatimundi, a sleek cousin of the raccoon.

— Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 2 Nov. 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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