/mingk/ , n. , pl. minks , ( esp. collectively ) mink .
1. a semiaquatic weasellike animal of the genus Mustela, esp. the North American M. vison.
2. the fur of this animal, brownish in the natural state and having lustrous outside hairs and a thick, soft undercoat.
3. a coat, stole, etc., made of this fur.
[ 1425-75; late ME, of uncert. orig. ]