Definition of American sable

1. Noun. Valued for its fur.

Exact synonyms: American Marten, Martes Americana
Generic synonyms: Marten, Marten Cat

Lexicographical Neighbors of American Sable

American pit bull terrier
American plaice
American plan
American plane
American pulsatilla
American quaking aspen
American raspberry
American rattlebox
American red elder
American red plum
American red squirrel
American redstart
American robin
American robins
American rock brake
American sable (current term)
American saddle horse
American shrew mole
American sign language
American smelt
American smokewood
American smooth dogfish
American spelling
American spellings
American spicebush
American spikenard
American state
American sweet chestnut
American sweet gum

Literary usage of American sable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Natural History of New York by New York (State). Natural History Survey, James Ellsworth De Kay (1842)
"I am inclined to believe that the American sable is very distinct from the Pine Marten of Europe, with which it is usually arranged ; but as I have had no ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"If. americana, Turton ; the North-American sable or Marten.—A species so closely allied to the European Pine Marten and Asiatic Sable that it is very ..."

3. A Trip to Alaska: A Narrative of what was Seen and Heard During a Summer by George Wardman (1884)
"In addition to these are the land otter, marten, American sable, mink, beaver, ... The difference between martin anu American sable is one rather of degree ..."

4. Natural History of Animals: Containing Brief Descriptions of the Animals by Sanborn Tenney (1875)
"The American sable, or Pine Marten, of the Northern Fig. 47. — Weasel. Fig. 48. —American sable. States and Canada, is much smaller than the Fisher, ..."

5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"American sable or ... erly United States and the whole of British America, and is commonly called the American sable. The Siberian or true sable Is V. ..."

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