mink
Significado (inglés)
- Any of various semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals in the Mustelinae subfamily, similar to weasels, with dark fur, native to Europe and America, of which two species in different genera are extant: the American mink (Neovison vison) and the European mink (Mustela lutreola).
- The fur or pelt of a mink, used to make apparel.
- An article of clothing made of mink.
- (slang) A person with poor personal hygiene; a smelly person.
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Pronunciado como (IPA)
/mɪŋk/
Etimoloxía (inglés)
From Late Middle English mynk (“fur of the European mink”), apparently from Swedish mink, mänk, menk (“stinking animal in Finland, mink”). Compare Danish mink (“mink”), Icelandic minkur (“mink”).
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