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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MUSTELINE

From Latin mustēlīnus, from mustēla weasel, from mūs mouse + -tēla, of unknown origin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MUSTELINE

musteline  [ˈmʌstɪˌlaɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUSTELINE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Musteline can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MUSTELINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

musteline

Mustelinae

The Mustelinae are a polyphyletic subfamily of family Mustelidae, and includes wolverines, weasels, ferrets, martens, minks, and similar carnivorous mammals of the order Carnivora.

Definition of musteline in the English dictionary

The definition of musteline in the dictionary is of, relating to, or belonging to the Mustelidae, a family of typically predatory mammals including weasels, ferrets, minks, polecats, badgers, skunks, and otters: order Carnivora. Other definition of musteline is any musteline animal.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MUSTELINE


airline
ˈɛəˌlaɪn
aquiline
ˈækwɪˌlaɪn
Caroline
ˈkærəˌlaɪn
Catiline
ˈkætɪˌlaɪn
deadline
ˈdɛdˌlaɪn
dyeline
ˈdaɪˌlaɪn
Ghibelline
ˈɡɪbɪˌlaɪn
guyline
ˈɡaɪˌlaɪn
headline
ˈhɛdˌlaɪn
hotline
ˈhɒtˌlaɪn
inquiline
ˈɪnkwɪˌlaɪn
multiline
ˈmʌltɪˌlaɪn
offline
ˈɒfˌlaɪn
online
ˈɒnˌlaɪn
outline
ˈaʊtˌlaɪn
pyroxyline
paɪˈrɒksɪˌlaɪn
skyline
ˈskaɪˌlaɪn
staphyline
ˈstæfɪˌlaɪn
strobiline
ˈstrəʊbɪˌlaɪn
timeline
ˈtaɪmˌlaɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUSTELINE

mustard gas
mustard oil
mustard plaster
mustard pot
mustard powder
mustard-colored
mustard-coloured
mustardy
mustee
mustelid
muster
muster in
muster out
muster roll
muster station
musterer
musth
mustier
mustiest
mustily

WORDS THAT END LIKE MUSTELINE

baseline
beeline
blueline
capeline
centreline
Cymbeline
driveline
feline
gas pipeline
guideline
in the pipeline
lifeline
line
mousseline
oil pipeline
pipeline
ridgeline
shoreline
sideline
Vaseline
zibeline

Synonyms and antonyms of musteline in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «musteline» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUSTELINE

Find out the translation of musteline to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of musteline from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «musteline» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

musteline
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

musteline
570 millions of speakers

English

musteline
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रोएंदार खालवाला जानवर
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

musteline
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

musteline
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

musteline
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

musteline
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

musteline
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Garis depan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

musteline
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

musteline
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

musteline
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Musteline
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

musteline
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

musteline
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हिरवेगार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

musteline
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

musteline
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

musteline
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

musteline
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

musteline
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

musteline
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

marter
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

musteline
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

musteline
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of musteline

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MUSTELINE»

The term «musteline» is used very little and occupies the 168.374 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MUSTELINE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «musteline» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «musteline» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about musteline

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUSTELINE»

Discover the use of musteline in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to musteline and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The royal dictionary-cyclopædia, for universal reference, ...
A subfamily of the Mustelida?, embracing the Weasels, Polecats, and other genera. Musteline, mus' -te-line, &. (Lat.) Pertaining to the Weasel, or animals of the genus Mustela, as a musteline colour ; the musteline genus. Mustelus, mus'- tel-us, ...
Thomas Wright, 1862
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A New Universal, Technological, Etymological, and ...
MUSTELINE— MUTE. MUSKETRY, mus'ke-tre, s. Muskets in general, or their fire . MCSKINESS, mnsTce-nes, ». The scent of mask. MVSK v, mos'ke, a. Having the odour of musk ; fragrant. Mrsus, mnzTin, ». (moujjdi'ne, Fr.) A fine thin kind of ...
John Craig, 1854
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A new universal etymological technological, and pronouncing ...
E. MUSTELINE-MUTE. Musketry, mus'ke-tre, ». Muskets in general, or their fire. Muskmness, mus'ke-nes, ». The scent of musk. II t sky, mus'ke, a. Having the odonr of musk ; fragrant. Muslin, muzlin, t. (mousselinc, Fr.) A fine thin kind of cotton ...
John Craig (F.G.S.), 1849
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Comprehensive Dictionary of the World
... mus-tei-in-e, s. A subfamily of the Mustelidae, embracing the Wtosels, Polecats, and other genera. Musteline, mus'-te-line, a. (Lat.) Pertaining to the Weasel, or animals cf the genus Mustela, as a musteline colour ; the musteline genus.
‎1992
5
Know Your Bird Sounds: Songs and calls of birds of the ...
Hylocichla. musteline. 7 he least shy of our native thrushes, the Wood Thrush (8 inches long) frequents suburban woodlots and parklands as well as the deep forest of remote wild areas. It is recognized by its rusty head and back, brown rump ...
Lang Elliott, 2004
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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
On three new genera or sub-genera of longlegged Thrushes with descriptions of their species, vi. Description of the little musteline animal, denominated Katheah Nyul, in the Catalogue of the Nepalese Mammalia, iv. . —-——- On the Tibetan ...
‎1856
7
On the anatomy of vertebrates
The Musteline type is further adhered to by the young Feline in the large proportional size of its deciduous tubercular tooth, d 4. In the lower jaw, the first milk-molar, d 3, is succeeded by a tooth, p 3, which answers to the third lower premolar in ...
Richard Owen, 1868
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Odontography Or, a Treatise on the Comparative Anatomy of ...
The Musteline type is further adhered to by the young Feline in the large proportional size of its deciduous tubercular tooth (d 3). In the lower jaw, the first milk-molar (d l) is succeeded by a tooth (p 3) which is analogous to the third lower ...
‎1840
9
Activity Patterns in Small Mammals: An Ecological Approach ; ...
Musteline carnivores are active, on average, about 25% of the 24-h day (Table 5.2, see page 104), ranging from a low of 7 to a high of about 60%. This appears to be somewhat less than is typical for other mammals in the Mustela and Maries  ...
S. Halle, N.C. Stenseth, 2000
10
Anthropoid Origins: New Visions
A plot of In symphysis cross-sectional area versus In mandibular length for 19 musteline taxa (adult means by sex) depicts two morphological patterns. Holding size constant, species with greater fusion tend to possess more robust symphyses ...
Callum Ross, Richard F. Kay, 2004

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUSTELINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term musteline is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rosamund Urwin: Don't shrug off cyclists' deaths as inevitable
The farmer's musteline nemesis could easily pass for a poor man's panda: it's smaller, working a similar monochrome look, but rather better at ... «Evening Standard, Aug 13»
2
The Champions League Final: Fünf brennende Fragen
... this stage to Chelsea last year, Saturday's game is the last Champions League match for their manager, the musteline-haired Jupp Heynckes ... «Grantland, May 13»
3
511 - National Porcineographic: a Portrait of America as a Young Hog
... canine (dogs), corvine (crows), musteline (ferrets), vulpine (foxes), ranine (frogs), equine (horses), caprine (goats), pediculine (lice), and garruline (magpies). «Big Think, Apr 11»
4
Colorado Springs eighth-grader eliminated in Scripps spelling bee …
Earlier today, King correctly spelled fräulein, meaning an unmarried woman; limitrophe, a boarding country or frontier, and musteline, ... «Colorado Springs Independent, Jun 10»
5
Brit troops release badger plague on Basra
The blame for the musteline black ops lies firmly with the British, according to farmer Ali Mohsen. He said: "This animal appeared following a ... «Register, Jul 07»

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