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* mustēcŭla, ae, f. dim. [mustela], a small weasel: velox mustecula dintrit (al. velox mustelaque dintrit), Auct. Carm. Phil. 61.

mustēla or mustella, ae, f. [mus].

  1. I. A weasel: certum est mustelae posthac numquam credere, Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 43; cf. Plin. 29, 4, 16, § 60.
  2. II. A fish; acc. to some, a lamprey; acc. to others, an eelpout, Plin. 9, 17, 29, § 63: marina, Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 1 Vahl.).

* mustēlātus (mustell-), a, um, adj. [mustela], weasel-colored: peplum, App. M. 2, p. 126, 22 dub.

mustēlīnus (mustell-), a, um, adj. [mustela], of or belonging to a weasel, weasel-: color, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 22: utriculus, Plin. 30, 14, 43, § 124.

mustellāgo, ĭnis, f., a plant: mustellago eadem ac laurago, chamaedaphne, App. Herb. 58.

mustĕus, a, um, adj. [mustum], of or belonging to new wine or must, like must.

  1. I. Lit.: mala, quae antea mustea vocabant, nunc melimela appellant, must-apples, Cato, R. R. 7, 3: mala, Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 51: fructus, Col. 9, 15, 13.
  2. II. Transf., young, new, fresh (post-Aug.): musteus caseus, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240: piper, id. 12, 7, 14, § 29: liber, Plin. Ep. 8, 21, 6.