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Nov 30, 2009
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mink



Pronunciation: (mingk), [key]
—n.,
—pl. minks, (esp. collectively) mink.
1. a semiaquatic weasellike animal of the genus Mustela, esp. the North American M. vison.
2. the fur of this animal, brownish in the natural state and having lustrous outside hairs and a thick, soft undercoat.
3. a coat, stole, etc., made of this fur.

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