Looking closer at the photos, I could tell that the weasel was an American marten by the light color of the fur on its throat.
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Marten
//ˈmɑɹ.tən//
Synonyms for "marten" (19 found)
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11 entriesderived
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12 entriesTranslations
115 translations across 94 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- цыҕ noun (mammal)
Albanian
2 entries- kunadhe noun (mammal)
- shqarth noun (mammal)
Algonquin
1 entries- wàbicèsè noun (mammal)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἴκτις noun (mammal)
Arabic
4 entries- خَزّ noun (mammal)
- دَلَق noun (mammal)
- سَنْسَار noun (mammal)
- فَنَك noun (mammal)
Armenian
1 entries- կզաքիս noun (mammal)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- dələ noun (mammal)
Bashkir
1 entries- һыуһар noun (mammal)
Basque
1 entries- lepahori noun (mammal)
Belarusian
1 entries- куні́ца noun (mammal)
Breton
1 entries- mart noun (mammal)
Bulgarian
1 entries- бя́лка noun (mammal)
Burmese
1 entries- ဆတ်ခလောက် noun (mammal)
Catalan
2 entries- mart noun (mammal)
- marta noun (mammal)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 貂 noun (mammal)
Czech
1 entries- kuna noun (mammal)
Danish
1 entries- mår noun (mammal)
Dutch
1 entries- marter noun (mammal)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- луй noun (mammal)
Erzya
1 entries- чинеме noun (mammal)
Esperanto
1 entries- marteso noun (mammal)
Estonian
1 entries- nugis noun (mammal)
Faroese
2 entries- márur noun (mammal)
- mørður noun (mammal)
Finnish
1 entries- näätä noun (mammal)
French
1 entries- marte noun (mammal)
Friulian
2 entries- mardar noun (mammal)
- martar noun (mammal)
Galician
3 entries- fuíña noun (mammal)
- lagaria noun (mammal)
- marta noun (mammal)
Georgian
1 entries- კვერნა noun (mammal)
German
1 entries- Marder noun (mammal)
Greek
1 entries- δενδροκούναβο noun (mammal)
Hebrew
1 entries- דלק noun (mammal)
Hungarian
3 entries- coboly noun (mammal)
- nyest noun (mammal)
- nyuszt noun (mammal)
Icelandic
1 entries- mörður noun (mammal)
Inari Sami
1 entries- neeti noun (mammal)
Ingrian
2 entries- kunitsa noun (mammal)
- näätä noun (mammal)
Irish
1 entries- cat crainn noun (mammal)
Italian
1 entries- martora noun (mammal)
Japanese
1 entries- テン noun (mammal)
Kalmyk
1 entries- сувср noun (mammal)
Kazakh
1 entries- сусар noun (mammal)
Kildin Sami
1 entries- не̄дтҍ noun (mammal)
Komi-Permyak
1 entries- тулан noun (mammal)
Komi-Zyrian
1 entries- тулан noun (mammal)
Korean
1 entries- 담비 noun (mammal)
Ladin
1 entries- meder noun (mammal)
Latin
1 entries- martēs noun (mammal)
Latvian
1 entries- cauna noun (mammal)
Lithuanian
1 entries- kiaunė noun (mammal)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- kuna noun (mammal)
Lule Sami
1 entries- niehte noun (mammal)
Macedonian
1 entries- куна noun (mammal)
Malay
2 entries- mengkira noun (mammal)
- samur noun (mammal)
Manx
1 entries- kayt billey noun (mammal)
Mi'kmaq
1 entries- apistanewj noun (mammal)
Mongolian
1 entries- суусар noun (mammal)
Nanai
1 entries- харсан noun (mammal)
Narragansett
1 entries- wappenagh noun (mammal)
Norman
1 entries- martre noun (mammal)
Northern Sami
1 entries- neahti noun (mammal)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- mår noun (mammal)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- mår noun (mammal)
Occitan
1 entries- marta noun (mammal)
Ojibwe
2 entries- waabizheshi noun (mammal)
- waabizheshiwag noun (mammal)
Old English
1 entries- mearþ noun (mammal)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صڭسار noun (mammal)
Persian
2 entries- خز noun (mammal)
- سمور noun (mammal)
Pite Sami
1 entries- marrta noun (mammal)
Polish
1 entries- kuna noun (mammal)
Portuguese
1 entries- marta noun (mammal)
Romanian
1 entries- jder noun (mammal)
Romansch
2 entries- fiergna noun (mammal)
- guis noun (mammal)
Russian
1 entries- куни́ца noun (mammal)
Sardinian
4 entries- isbirru noun (mammal)
- marta noun (mammal)
- martzu noun (mammal)
- schirri noun (mammal)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- taghan noun (mammal)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- cibetka noun (mammal)
- kuna noun (mammal)
- куна noun (mammal)
Sicilian
1 entries- màrtura noun (mammal)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- niẹʹtt noun (mammal)
Slovak
1 entries- kuna noun (mammal)
Slovene
1 entries- kuna noun (mammal)
Southern Altai
1 entries- суузар noun (mammal)
Southern Sami
1 entries- maarhte noun (mammal)
Spanish
1 entries- marta noun (mammal)
Swedish
1 entries- mård noun (mammal)
Ter Sami
1 entries- niette noun (mammal)
Turkish
1 entries- sansar noun (mammal)
Tuvan
1 entries- күзен noun (mammal)
Udmurt
1 entries- сёр noun (mammal)
Ukrainian
1 entries- куни́ця noun (mammal)
Ume Sami
1 entries- martta noun (mammal)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- kuna noun (mammal)
Welsh
1 entries- bele noun (mammal)
West-Frisian
1 entries- marter noun (mammal)
Western Mari
1 entries- лый noun (mammal)
Yiddish
1 entries- מאַרדער noun (mammal)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Marten are the most widespread and probably the most abundant of these predators in Southeast Alaska.
Source: tatoeba (11848117)
The female Marten forms a nest of grass among the rocks, in a hollow tree, or utilises an old crow's nest by relining it, and produces a litter of four or five—sometimes varied in number from two to seven—and there are at least two litters each year.
Source: tatoeba (12028958)
Going home, I came across a dead marten lying in the middle of the sidewalk.
Source: tatoeba (12476467)
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