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pine marten 
n. the pine marten, Martes americana.
See also: marten
- 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].
- 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.