marten

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels

Etymology

From Middle English martren, martryn, from Old French martrine (“marten fur”), from Old Dutch *marthrīn (“of marten fur”), from *marthar (“marten”). Displaced related Old English mearþ, from Proto-Germanic *marþuz.

In classic literature

Synonyms

marten cat

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