weasel
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Noun (2)weasels
- a person who is regarded as treacherous or sneakyType of actor, doer
- small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neckType of musteline mammal, mustelidKinds ermine, New World least weasel, muishond, Old World least weasel, longtail weaselMember of Mustela, genus Mustela
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. wesele, AS. wesle; akin to D. wezel, G. wiesel, OHG. wisala, Icel. hreyivīsla, Dan. väsel, Sw. vessla; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. …, …, cat, weasel.
Zoology Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to the genus Putorius, as the ermine and ferret. They have a slender, elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of their movements and for their bloodthirsty habit in destroying poultry, rats, etc. The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others are brown at all seasons.
Malacca weasel, the rasse. — Weasel coot, a female or young male of the smew; — so called from the resemblance of the head to that of a weasel. Called also weasel duck. — Weasel lemur, a short-tailed lemur (Lepilemur mustelinus). It is reddish brown above, grayish brown below, with the throat white.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
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<jargon, abuse> (Cambridge) A naive user, one who deliberately or accidentally does things that are stupid or ill-advised. Roughly synonymous with loser. [Jargon File]
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[Cambridge] A naive user, one who deliberately or accidentally does things that are stupid or ill-advised. Roughly synonymous with loser.