mustela nigripes

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mustela nigripes - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Black-footed ferret \Black"-foot`ed fer"ret\, n.
     a weasellike mammal (Mustela nigripes) inhabiting the
     western North American prairie, having dark feet, a
     dark-tipped tail, and a dark face on a yellowish-brown coat.
     It is an endangered species.
     [PJC] Blackfriar

mustela nigripes - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Mustela nigripes
      n 1: musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States;
           nearly extinct [syn: black-footed ferret, ferret,
           Mustela nigripes]