| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | mus·te·line |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m s t -l n , -l n |
| ADJECTIVE: | Of, relating to, or belonging to the Mustelidae, the family of fur-bearing mammals that includes the badger, mink, otter, and weasel. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin m st lnus, of a weasel, from mstla, weasel, probably from ms, mouse. See ms- in Appendix I.
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