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Meaning Of Marten
n.
A bird. See Martin.
n.
Any one of several fur-bearing carnivores of the genus
Mustela, closely allied to the sable. Among the more important species
are the European beech, or stone, marten (Mustela foina); the pine
marten (M. martes); and the American marten, or sable (M. Americana),
which some zoologists consider only a variety of the Russian sable.