Definitions of mink [ɪŋk]

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Definition of 'mink'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) mink
either of two semiaquatic weasels: Mustela vison, of N. America, and M. lutreola, of Eurasia.

2. mink
the soft, lustrous fur of this animal, brownish in the natural state.

3. mink
a garment made of this fur.

Etymology: (1425–75; orig. uncert.)

Definition of 'mink'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) mink
the expensive fur of a mink

2. (noun) mink, mink coat
fur coat made from the soft lustrous fur of minks

3. (noun) mink
slender-bodied semiaquatic mammal having partially webbed feet; valued for its fur

Definition of 'mink'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) mink
a carnivorous mammal of the genus Putorius, allied to the weasel. The European mink is Putorius lutreola. The common American mink (P. vison) varies from yellowish brown to black. Its fur is highly valued. Called also minx, nurik, and vison

Definition of 'mink'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. mink
Carnivores of genus Mustela of the family MUSTELIDAE. The European mink, which has white upper and lower lips, was widely trapped for commercial purposes and is classified as endangered. The American mink, lacking a white upper lip, is farmed commercially.

Translation of 'mink'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a small weasel-like kind of animal.
Afrikaans: nerts	Arabic: سَمّور مِسْكي	Bulgarian: норка
Brazilian: marta	Czech: norek	German: der Nerz
Danish: mink	Greek: βιζόν	Spanish: visón
Estonian: naarits	Farsi: سمور	Finnish: minkki
French: vison	Hebrew: חוֹרפָן, מִינק	Hindi: ऊदबिलाव
Croatian: kuna zlatica	Hungarian: nyérc	Indonesian: cerpelai
Icelandic: minkur	Italian: visone	Japanese: ミンク
Korean: 밍크	Lithuanian: audinė	Latvian: ūdele
Malay: mink	Dutch: nerts	Norwegian: mink
Polish: norka	Persian: حيوان روبا مانند ، سمور	Pashto: يو حيوان ګيدړى ته ورته، س
Portuguese: marta	Romanian: nurcă	Russian: норка
Slovak: norka	Slovenian: kuna zlatica	Serbian: kanadska lasica
Swedish: mink, flodiller	Thai: ตัวมิงค์ (ขนหนานุ่มใช้ทำเ	Turkish: mink, vizon
Taiwanese: 水貂	Ukrainian: норка	Urdu: قاقم کی طرح کا ایک جانور
Vietnamese: chồn vizon	Chinese: 水貂
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