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Definition of Stone marten
1. Noun. Eurasian marten having a brown coat with pale breast and throat.
Definition of Stone marten
1. Noun. ''Martes foina''; beech marten. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stone Marten
Literary usage of Stone marten
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"... mole, ermine, stone marten, swamp lynx, badger, and bear. To the Ethiopian
fauna belong various rodents, the porcupine, rock rabbit, steinbock, ga- zel, ..."
2. Persian Tales by E. O. Lorimer, D. L. R. Lorimer, Hilda Roberts (1919)
"whole story ; and when she has poured out all her woes she will say : " Marten-stone,
Marten-stone, You are marten, I am marten, Either you must break or I ..."
3. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"Beech or stone marten ... Marten is considered very far inferior to that of the
Pine Marten, and is known in the trade as the skin of the stone marten. ..."
4. Natural History: Or, Second Division of "The English Encyclopedia" edited by Charles Knight (1867)
"Beech or stone marten ... trade as the skin of the stone marten. Many are imported
from the north of Europe, and dyed to represent Sable. ..."