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pine marten
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
the pine marten, Martes americana.
See: marten
Quotations
1772
Pine Marten . . . feeds on mice, rabbits, &c. though it will not touch a dead mouse which is put as a bait in a trap, and therefore the inhabitants are obliged to make use of a partridge's head, or the like, for that purpose.
1867
Two or three different kinds of fall-traps are employed to catch pine martens.
1955
Although largely carnivorous in habit the Pine marten at times eats freely of this fruit [Mountain ash].