otter
An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae.
An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae.
A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more thickset.

otter civet
A semi-aquatic civet found in Southeast Asia, Cynogale bennettii.

otters
plural of otter

oyan
African linsang (Poiana spp.).

oyans
plural of oyan

paguma
The masked palm civet (Paguma larvata), resembling a weasel.

pagumas
plural of paguma

pale weasel
Mustela altaica, a weasel of central to eastern Asia.

pekan
A fisher cat or fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti)
An American marten (Martes americana).

pekans
plural of pekan

pine marten
A species of marten native to Northern Europe, Martes martes.

polecat
A weasel-like animal of the genus Mustela.
A weasel-like animal of the genus Mustela.
A skunk.
A tubular device used to support lights on a set.

polecats
plural of polecat

procyonids
plural of procyonid

raccoon
An omnivorous, nocturnal mammal native to the Americas, of the genus Procyon, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail.
The common raccoon (Procyon lotor).
Any mammal of the subfamily Procyoninae, a procyonine.
Any mammal of the family Procyonidae, a procyonid.
Any mammal superficially resembling a raccoon, such as a raccoon dog.

raccoons
plural of raccoon

rackoone
Obsolete spelling of raccoon.

racoon
Alternative spelling of raccoon.

racoons
plural of racoon

rarowcun
Obsolete spelling of raccoon.

rasse
Viverricula indica, the small Indian civet.

rasses
plural of rasse

ratel
Synonym of honey badger.

ratels
plural of ratel

ringtails
plural of ringtail

river otter
A common European otter (Lutra lutra).
Any otter of the four species in genus Lontra.
Any otter of the four species in genus Lontra.
Any otter of the four species in genus Lontra.
Any otter of the four species in genus Lontra.
A giant river otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)

river otters
plural of river otter

rodfisher
An angler who fishes with a rod.

rodfishers
plural of rodfisher

sable
A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
Any other marten, especially Martes americana (syn. Mustela americana).
A pelt of fur of a sable or of one of another species of martens; a coat made from this fur.
An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable, the kolinsky sable-hair brush.
A black colour on a coat of arms.
A dark brown colour, resembling the fur of some sables.
Black garments, especially worn in mourning.
The sablefish.

sables
plural of sable

sea cat
An octopus (Octopoda spp.).
Any marine catfish.
A wolffish (Anarhichadidae spp.).
A chimaera (type of fish (Holocephali spp.)).
A common or harbor seal (Phoca vitulina).

sea mink
A member of the species Neogale macrodon of mink that lived on the eastern coast of North America around the Gulf of Maine on the New England seaboard, extinct since before 1920.
The kingfish, a kind of American whiting.

sea otter
A marine mammal native to the northern Pacific Ocean, of species Enhydra lutris.

sea otters
plural of sea otter

servaline genet
a genet species native to Central Africa (Genetta servalina)

short-tailed weasel
The stoat or ermine (Mustela erminea).

skunkbear
Synonym of wolverine.

skunkbears
plural of skunkbear

small-toothed palm civet
A small mammal found in parts of China, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, Arctogalidia trivirgata.

spotted hyena
Any of species Crocuta crocuta of the largest of hyenas.

stoat
Mustela erminea, the ermine or short-tailed weasel, a mustelid native to Eurasia and North America, distinguished from the least weasel by its larger size and longer tail with a prominent black tip.

stoats
plural of stoat

stone marten
Martes foina; beech marten.

striped hyena
The smallest of the true hyenas, Hyaena hyaena.

suricat
Alternative form of suricate.

suricate
The meerkat, a member of the mongoose family.

suricates
plural of suricate

suricats
plural of suricat

surikat
Archaic form of suricate.

surikats
plural of surikat

taira
Alternative form of tayra.

tairas
plural of taira

tangalung
The Malay civet (Viverra tangalunga).

tayra
A South American omnivore, Eira barbara, allied to the grison, with a long thick tail.

tayras
plural of tayra

three-striped palm civet
Synonym of small-toothed palm civet.

urva
A crab-eating mongoose (Urva urva, syn. Herpestes urva).

urvas
plural of urva

vison
An American mink (Neogale vison).

visons
plural of vison

viverra
An animal of the genus Viverra; a civet.

viverras
plural of viverra

weasel
Any of the carnivorous mammals of the genera Mustela, Neogale, Poecilogale, and Lyncodon, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light brown upper coat and light-coloured belly.
A least weasel (Mustela nivalis).
Any of certain other species of the family Mustelidae.
A devious or sneaky person or animal.
A type of yarn winder used for counting the yardage of handspun yarn. It most commonly has a wooden peg or dowel that pops up from the gearing mechanism after a certain number of yards have been wound onto the winder.

weasels
plural of weasel

weaselword
Alternative spelling of weasel word.

weaselwords
plural of weaselword

weazel
Archaic form of weasel.

weazels
plural of weazel

weazle
Obsolete form of weasel.

weazles
plural of weazle

weesel
Archaic form of weasel.

weesels
plural of weesel

weezel
Archaic form of weasel.

weezels
plural of weezel

wesil
Obsolete form of weasel.

wesils
plural of wesil

white-nosed coati
A common species of coati (Nasua narica), native to many wooded areas of the Americas.

wolverene
Alternative spelling of wolverine.

wolverenes
plural of wolverene

wolverine
A solitary, fierce mammal of the Mustelidae family, Gulo gulo.

wolverines
plural of wolverine

wolvering
Obsolete form of wolverine.

yellow mongoose
The mongoose Cynictis penicillata.

yellow-throated marten
An Asian species of marten, Martes flavigula.

zebrasses
plural of zebrass

zorilla
Alternative spelling of zorille.

zorillas
plural of zorilla

anomalosaepiid
Any cuttlefish of the subgenus Anomalosepia

anomalosaepiids
plural of anomalosaepiid

loliginid
Any squid in the family Loliginidae.

loliginids
plural of loliginid

orthocerid
a cephalopod of the extinct order Orthocerida.

orthocerids
plural of orthocerid

psiloceratacean
Any ammonoid cephalopod of the superfamily Psilocerataceae.

baiji
A freshwater dolphin (†Lipotes vexillifer), only found in the Yangtze River, and declared functionally extinct in 2006.

baijis
plural of baiji

baleen whales
plural of baleen whale

basilosaurus
Any species of several huge extinct cetaceans belonging to the genus †Basilosaurus, of the family †Basilosauridae, from the late Eocene, with two species B. isis (found in Egypt and Tunisia) and B. cetoides (found in the southern and eastern US).

basilosauruses
plural of basilosaurus

beaked whale
Any of at least 20 species of whales in the family Ziphiidae, known to dive to great depths, but not well understood generally.

beaked whales
plural of beaked whale

belouga
Archaic form of beluga.

belougas
plural of belouga

beluga
A cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.
A fish, Huso huso, that is a source of caviar, which is found in the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.

beluga whale
Synonym of beluga (“a cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean”).

belugas
plural of beluga

black dolphin
Synonym of Chilean dolphin.