Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Martes in the family Mustelidae.
(the bird)
Origin
From Middle English martren, martryn, from Old French martrine ("marten fur"), from Old Dutch *marthrīn ("of marten fur"), from *marthar. Displaced Old English mearþ, from Proto-Germanic *marþuz.
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