Definition of Stone marten

1. Noun. Eurasian marten having a brown coat with pale breast and throat.

Exact synonyms: Beech Marten, Martes Foina
Generic synonyms: Marten, Marten Cat

Definition of Stone marten

1. Noun. ''Martes foina''; beech marten. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stone Marten

stone crab
stone cress
stone curlew
stone curlews
stone dead
stone deaf
stone drill
stone facing
stone fly
stone fox
stone frigate
stone fruit
stone fruits
stone life face
stone loach
stone marten (current term)
stone martens
stone me
stone mimicry plant
stone mulching
stone parsley
stone pine
stone pines
stone pit
stone plant
stone root
stone soup
stone the crows
stone wall
stonebaked

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. ..."

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