Mustela

From Latin mūstēla (“weasel”), probably from mūs (“mouse”).

Mustela f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – the weasels.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Carnivora - order; Caniformia - suborder; Mustelidae - family; Mustelinae - subfamily

• (genus): Mustela erminea - type species; Mustela africana, Mustela altaica, Mustela eversmannii, Mustela felipei, Mustela frenata, Mustela kathiah, Mustela lutreola, Mustela lutreolina, Mustela macrodon, Mustela nigripes, Mustela nivalis, Mustela nudipes, Mustela putorius, Mustela sibirica, Mustela strigidorsa, Mustela vison ( ⇒ Neovison vison) - other species

• Mustela on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mustela on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Mustela on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

From mūstēla (“weasel”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /muːsˈteː.la/, [muːs̠ˈt̪eːɫ̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /musˈte.la/, [musˈt̪ɛːlä]

Mūstēla m sg (genitive Mūstēlae); first declension

1. a Roman cognomen famously held by:
   1. Tamisius Mustela, a Roman retainer

First-declension noun, singular only.

• “Mustela”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray