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plural mink or minks
1
: soft fur or pelt of the mink varying in color from white to dark brown
2
: either of two slender-bodied semiaquatic carnivorous mammals (Mustela vison of North America and M. lutreola of Eurasia) of the weasel family that have partially webbed feet, a rather short bushy tail, and a soft thick coat
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a coat made of mink
women wearing expensive jewelry and minks
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Eric is a manifestation and an amalgamation of details in Edgar’s mind — a tail that mimics his cat and fur that matches the chevron of his grandmother’s mink.
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Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2024
An outbreak on a mink farm in Spain in October 2022 led to the culling of all the minks on the premises—more than 50,000 in total.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2024
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Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2024
An outbreak on a mink farm in Spain in October 2022 led to the culling of all the minks on the premises—more than 50,000 in total.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2024
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mink
noun
plural mink or minks
: either of two flesh-eating mammals that resemble the related weasels, have a slender body, partly webbed feet, and a somewhat bushy tail, and live near water
also
: the soft normally dark brown fur of a mink
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