Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
atoc atok | a species of skunk. |
badger | a burrowing, nocturnal, hibernating animal of the otter and weasel family. |
badgerly | like a badger. |
balisaur | a long-tailed badger. |
brock | a badger. |
carcajou | a musteline animal, aka GLUTTON or WOLVERINE. Do not confuse with CARJACOU (also CARIACOU), a sort of deer. |
cete | a group of badgers. |
conepate conepatl | a kind of skunk. |
ermine | the stoat; also, a white fur, the stoat's winter coat in northern lands. |
ferret | (verb) to search or rummage about. |
ferrety | like a ferret > FERRETIER, FERRETIEST. |
fisher | a large N. American arboreal carnivore of the weasel family, aka PEKAN. |
fitch | the fur of the polecat. |
fitchet fitchew | a polecat. |
foulmart foumart | a polecat. |
gill jill | a female ferret. |
glutton | another name for the WOLVERINE. |
grison | a carnivorous mustelid mammal of Central and S. America, grey with black legs, face, and underparts. |
hob | a male ferret |
hognosed | as in hognosed skunk, a type of skunk. |
kolinski kolinsky | a kind of Northern Eurasian mink. Pl. KOLINSKIES. |
marten | a carnivore of the mustelid family. |
miniver minever | ermine in winter coat. |
mink | a small animal (of several species) of the weasel family. |
musteline mustelid | a weasel or similar fur-bearing mammal such as badger and otter. [L. mustelinus, of a weasel]. |
otter | can also be a verb: to fish with an otter-board. |
pekan | a large N. American arboreal carnivore of the weasel family; aka FISHER. |
polecat | a dark-brown European carnivorous mammal of the weasel family. |
ratel | an African badger, aka honey-badger. |
sable | a kind of marten; (adj.) black; dark; (verb) to darken. |
skunk | a small American musteline animal; (verb) to defeat without allowing to score. |
skunky | like a SKUNK > SKUNKIER, SKUNKIEST. |
spraint | otter's dung. |
stoat | a small carnivorous mammal of the weasel family, |
taira tayra | a large S. American member of the weasel family. [Tupi taira]. |
teledu | an East Indian carnivore allied to the badger. |
vison | the American mink. |
weaselly weasely | like a weasel, shifty. |
whitrack whitret whitterick whittret whitrick | a weasel. |
wolverene wolverine | a ferocious mustelid of Arctic regions, aka GLUTTON. |
woodshock | a large North American marten with dark brown fur. |
zibeline zibelline | the fur of the sable; a soft woollen material with a lustrous pile. |
zoril zorilla zorille | a striped carnivorous mammal of the weasel family found in sub-Saharan Africa. |
zorillo | a South American skunk > ZORILLOS. |
zorino | a euphemism for skunk fur as used to make garments. Pl. ZORINOS. |