mar‧ten /ˈmɑːtən, ˈmɑːtɪn, -tn $ ˈmɑːrtn/
noun [countable][
Date: 1200-1300;
Language: Old French;
Origin: martrine 'marten fur', from martre 'marten']
a small animal with a long body and a tail that lives mainly in trees and that eats smaller animals:
a pine marten [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲