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Stoat

Stoat Meaning & Definition
Stoat Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stoat?

[n] the ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail

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See Also | ermine | Mustela erminea | shorttail weasel

Stoat In Webster's Dictionary

\Stoat\, n. [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}.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.

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