musteline n 1: fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals [syn: {musteline mammal}, {mustelid}, {musteline}]
Musteline \Mus"te*line\, a. [L. mustelinus, fr. mustela weasel.] (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the family {Mustelidae}, or the weasels and martens. [1913 Webster]