marten : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: marten	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for marten
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
marten n agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels Synonym(s): marten, marten cat
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Martin \Mar"tin\, n. [F. martin, from the proper name Martin. Cf. {Martlet}.] (Zo[94]l.) One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows. [Written also {marten}.] Note: The American purple martin, or bee martin ({Progne subis, [or] purpurea}), and the European house, or window, martin ({Hirundo, [or] Chelidon, urbica}), are the best known species. {Bank martin}. (a) The bank swallow. See under {Bank}. (b) The fairy martin. See under {Fairy}. {Bee martin}. (a) The purple martin. (b) The kingbird. {Sand martin}, the bank swallow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Marten \Mar"ten\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A bird. See {Martin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Marten \Mar"ten\, n. [From older martern, marter, martre, F. martre, marte, LL. martures (pl.), fr. L. martes; akin to AS. mear[?], meard, G. marder, OHG. mardar, Icel. m[94]r[?]r. Cf. {Foumart}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) 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 zo[94]logists consider only a variety of the Russian sable. 2. The fur of the marten, used for hats, muffs, etc.