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noun agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels
originFrom 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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0