Definicija: A large, diverse family of low-slung, long-bodied carnivorous mammals including minks, weasels, and badgers; distinguished by having only one molar in each upper jaw, and two at the most in the lower jaw.

Definicija: Velika, raznolika družina pritlikavih in mesojedih sesalcev z dolgimi telesi, del družine so minki, podlasice in jazbeci. Njihova značilnost je le en kočnik v zgornji čeljusti in dva v spodnji.