(n.) Any one of several fur-bearing carnivores of the genus Mustela, closely allied to the sable. Among the more important species are the European beech, or stone, marten (Mustela foina); the pine marten (M. martes); and the American marten, or sable (M. Americana), which some zoologists consider only a variety of the Russian sable.
(n.) The fur of the marten, used for hats, muffs, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Might pine martens suppress other predators that affect capercaillies?
(2) In areas where there are lots of pine martens, there are lots of red squirrels," she said.
(3) Fisher and marten appeared to be the key hosts maintaining Trichinella in the Algonquin region, but transmission dynamics were unclear.
(4) It’s home to a quarter of a million people, about 150 elephants and a host of other wild animals ranging from bears and tigers to flycatchers and martens.
(5) Heart rate was relatively constant among martens; however, respiration varied widely (21 to 122 breaths per minute).
(6) I was transfixed by scholars such as Claire Pajaczkowska, who wore Doc Martens but were bringing us poststructuralism straight off the press.
(7) The erythrocytes in beech marten are clearly smaller in size and volume and have a lower mean corpuscular hemoglobin than the erythrocytes in mink and ferret.
(8) Trimingham complained about repeated references to her as "bisexual" and "lesbian" and insults about her appearance - including comments that she wore doc martens and had spiky hair.
(9) 3) The Martens-Mayer hardness test showed the highest value (10.82 x 10(4] in dentin cement (GDE) and the lowest (1.09 x 10(4] in propack (EPR).
(10) 48 males were obtained by breeeding wild nymphs collected from a Stone-marten, a Marten and a Fox.
(11) There might be no grey squirrel problem – in fact there might be no grey squirrels here at all – had pine martens not been eliminated across most of their range, primarily by gamekeepers.
(12) is experimentally obtained from cercariae, born into rediae and naturally produced by the snail Gabbia neumanni (Martens, 1898).
(13) Trichinosis was detected in wolves, foxes, martens, ferrets, domestic dogs, cats and gray rats.
(14) Though these episodes in martens are rare and tend to cease after 3-4 months, their significance in the epidemic should be considered locally during the final stage of control operations.
(15) An ELISA was developed using staphylococcal protein A linked with horseradish peroxidase for detecting IgG antibody of rabies virus in human and carnivore sera (80 human, 270 fox, 40 cat, 35 marten, 5 badger and 4 polecat sera were tested in the present work).
(16) In one post, Jack ponders how the beat cops of 15 years ago have evolved from Doc Martens-wearing, wooden-stick carrying plods into tooled-up, taser-wielding "imperial stormtroopers".
(17) Moreover, Swedish law professor Marten Schultz, who strongly supports Assange's extradition to Sweden, has said the same [my emphasis]: "The UK supreme court's decision means only that Assange will be transferred to Sweden for interrogation.
(18) This study demonstrates that FQ does not equal FP as several authors have reported (Bandi, 1972; Barry, 1979; Ficat and Hungerford, 1977; Hungerford and Barry, 1979; Reilly and Martens, 1972; Smidt, 1973).
(19) As the paper points out, “it would be unlikely that a low-density pine marten population could impact a high-density grey squirrel population by direct predation alone.” The second is that grey squirrels in the region haunted by pine martens are much thinner than those elsewhere.
(20) (Neilston, Renfrewshire) Mrs Margaret Isobel Marten.
Smarten
Definition:
(v. t.) To make smart or spruce; -- usually with up.
Example Sentences:
(1) That culture was reinforced elsewhere, with female staff told to smarten up, wear lipstick, and some required to attend trade shows where “booth babes” – scantily-clad models promoting products - were commonplace.
(2) The complaints ended after the inn changed hands in the late 18th century and was considerably smartened up.
(3) Yahoo Aviate Launcher (Free) Available in beta for a while, Aviate is now out and proud in the Google Play store, as the latest "launcher" app trying to smarten up Android users' homescreens.
(4) Smartening up our supply and use of electricity is an important aim – and the Conservatives are right to pull this issue into the public debate.
(5) Although she was credited with persuading him to lose weight and smarten up, she said she had found him attractive as he was.
(6) And now for a song In search of a younger scene, I head to a gallery called the Duchy , carved out of an old shop near St Mungo's Cathedral; it's a slightly ramshackle part of the city being smartened up for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
(7) He’s even smartened up, with shorn hair and a rather dapper jacket.
(8) "They're smartening up to sit at this table," says Jones.
(9) On joining Penguin, Facetti realised the publisher would need to smarten up its act and look more contemporary, if it were to compete with its new rivals.
(10) But some experts in the wine industry think the move by Harrods is not only in response to the growing competition of the internet, but also the arrival of the supermarkets (Tesco and Marks & Spencer in particular) into fine wines, and moves by rival department stores such as Selfridges, which have smartened up their the act.
(11) Then Hollande smartened up his act and dusted off his ambition.