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Definition of: marten
(mär′tən) noun
1. A weasel–like, fur–bearing carnivorous mammal (genus Martes) having arboreal habits, as the American pine marten (M. americana), and the large, sturdy fisher marten (M. pennanti).
2. The fur of a marten, often dyed and sold as an inferior sable. [<OF martrine of the marten <martre a marten <WGmc.]
(Species vary from 1 1/2 to 2 l/2 feet in body size)
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