prop. n. A natural family of fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals including the weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; and martens. Syn. -- family Mustelidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
[いたち;イタチ, itachi ; itachi](n) (1) (uk) weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); (2) mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, inc. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)[Add to Longdo]