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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sables
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Throughout history, kings, queens and other members of the royal family have donned luxurious fur stoles, floor-length fur coats, capes with mink trims and cloaks with ermine edges (that's weasel fur).
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The tension is thicker than mink.
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Never use abrasive scrubbers or harsh chemicals when cleaning a skylight, as these can scratch the glass and damage its seals or special coatings, says Rapinchuk.
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That protein keeps the seals between your gut cells closed by silencing the genes that would otherwise loosen them.
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There’s an art gallery, the Birds of Prey Center, an otter exhibit, and Desertarium, which features turtles, snakes, lizards, frogs, and more.
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Here's what to know about Splash the otter.
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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.
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Wolverines are beagle-sized carnivores related to weasels, ermines, badgers, martens, otters, and black footed ferrets, all of which are native to this state.
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Keep Out Host Animals Ticks love to catch a ride on host animals like deer, rabbits, and chipmunks.
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The sea urchin omelette is unexpected and satisfying, as is the rabbit sausage.
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In fact, one quite successful muskie artificial lure is fashioned of fur in the shape of a small muskrat, and has a black soft-plastic tail.
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And from there, titters occasionally came out as the unleashed host moved on to one of the highest forms of comedy, muskrat humor.
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Rila’s biodiversity proves the point: The park is home to populations of brown bears, grey wolves, Eurasian lynxes, and the mountain-dwelling Balkan chamois.
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Takins are from the goat-antelope, or Caprinae, subfamily — which also includes sheep, goats, musk oxen, and chamois.
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These passages are called portages, a term derived from English and French trappers who, alongside Indigenous nations like the Ojibwe and the Dakota, collected pelts for the lucrative fur trade from the late 17th century to the early 19th.
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The beautiful array of their divergent sizes and pelts coalesced as oils on canvas and rendered their exploits almost dreamlike.
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“Sables.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sables. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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