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Subject:
Canines, felines, equines, and woozles?
From:
Pamela Greene <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 6 Jun 1997 10:58:47 -0400
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Mike Bostrom asked:
 
>Dogs are canines, cats are felines, cows are bovine, wolves are lupine,
>horses are equine.  What are ferrets?
 
Mustelids -- musteline, as an adjective.  Members of the family Mustelidae,
along with otters, skunks, weasels, stoats, ermine, fishers, badgers, and so
on.
 
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- Pam Greene
Ferret Central <http://www.optics.rochester.edu:8080/users/pgreene/>
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[Posted in FML issue 1959]

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