Definition of Martes zibellina

1. Noun. Marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur.

Exact synonyms: Sable
Generic synonyms: Marten, Marten Cat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Martes Zibellina

Marston Moor
Marstonian
Marta Brigit Nilsson
Martegiani
Martegiani's area
Martegiani's funnel
Martello
Martello tower
Martello towers
Martellos
Martes
Martes americana
Martes foina
Martes martes
Martes pennanti
Martes zibellina (current term)
Martha
Martha's Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard Sign Language
Martha Beatrice Potter Webb
Martha Graham
Martha Jane Burk
Martha Jane Burke
Marti
Marti Ke
Martial
Martian
Martian poetry
Martianism
Martians

Literary usage of Martes zibellina

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

1. The Entertaining Naturalist: Being Popular Descriptions, Tales, and by Loudon (Jane) (1850)
"(Mustela, or Martes zibellina.) THIS animal is a native of North America, Siberia, Kamtschatka, and Asiatic Russia, and it frequents the banks of rivers, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1903)
"As it does not appear to intergrade with the latter, I am induced to consider it an Isolated member of the martes-zibellina group. This peculiarity is not ..."

3. The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A...description of Man and Nature in the by Georg Hartwig (1877)
"Among these persecuted denizens of the forest, the sable (Martes zibellina), which closely resembles the pine-marten ..."

4. The Trapper's Guide and Manual of Instructions for Capturing All Kinds of by Sewell Newhouse, John Humphrey Noyes (1887)
"Two species ar« known : the Martes zibellina or Russian Sable, and the Jap anese Sable. The latter is marked with black on its legs and ..."

5. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1868)
"SABLE (Martes zibellina), a species of Markt (qv), so nearly allied to the Common Marten aai Pine Marten, that it is difficult to state satisfactory ..."

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