stoat
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- the ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tailType of ermine, shorttail weasel
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Stoat noun
Origin: OE. stot a stoat, horse, bullock; perhaps originally only of male animals, and akin to D. stooten to push, E. stutter; cf. Icel. st…tr a bull, Sw. stut a bullock. Cf. Stot.
Zoology The ermine in its summer pelage, when it is reddish brown, but with a black tip to the tail. The name is sometimes applied also to other brown weasels.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54