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Definition of American mink
1. Noun. Usually rich dark brown.
Definition of American mink
1. Noun. (uncountable) A species of small mustelid, ''Mustela vison'', that lives near water. ¹
2. Noun. An animal of that species. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of American Mink
Literary usage of American mink
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"It is much like the American mink, but it« average size is smaller, and it usually
has the upper lip as well as the chin white, and presents certain dental ..."
2. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"North American mink range along watercourses across the continent. ... However,
naturalized American mink, fur farm escapees, in some places have supplanted ..."
3. The New Student's Reference Work for Teachers, Students and Families by Chandler Belden Beach, Frank Morton McMurry (1917)
"The European mink is a little smaller than the American mink, ... The American
mink is 15 or 20 inches long, with a tail of eight or nine inches, ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1897)
"V, Ann. Rept., 1895. Des Moines, 189(i. From the Survey. BANGS, O.—Notes on the
Synonymy of the North American mink with Description of a New Subspecies. ..."
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