stoat
Mustela erminea, the ermine or short-tailed weasel, a mustelid native to Eurasia and…Mustela erminea, the ermine or short-tailed weasel, a mustelid native to Eurasia and North America, distinguished from the least weasel by its larger size and longer tail with a prominent black tip.
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» My brother has recently taken a fancy to stoats.
Мой брат в последнее время увлёкся горностаями. — Ooneykcall
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1 sensesMustela erminea, the ermine or short-tailed weasel, a mustelid native to Eurasia and North America, distinguished from the least weasel by its larger size and longer tail with a prominent black tip.
- the ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail
Examples
56 sentencesMy brother has recently taken a fancy to stoats.
ruМой брат в последнее время увлёкся горностаями. — Ooneykcall
'Toast' is an anagram of 'stoat'.
ru«Скала» — анаграмма «ласки». — Ooneykcall
de„Reinmehl“ ist ein Anagramm von „Hermelin“. — brauchinet
The stoat is the cutest animal ever.
ruГорностай — самое умилительнейшее животное на свете. — Ooneykcall
deDer Hermelin ist das niedlichste Tier aller Zeiten. — rocco_granata
I have a collection of stoat figurines.
ruУ меня есть коллекция фигурок горностаев. — Ooneykcall
deIch besitze eine Sammlung von Hermelinfigürchen. — rocco_granata
I wish I had a pet stoat.
ruХотел бы я завести себе горностая. — Ooneykcall
deIch wünschte, ich hätte einen Hermelin als Haustier. — rocco_granata
Origin
From Middle English stote (“the ermine, especially in its brown summer coat”), of uncertaiFrom Middle English stote (“the ermine, especially in its brown summer coat”), of uncertain origin. The word bears some resemblance to Old Norse stutr (“bull”), Swedish stut (“bull, steer”) and Danish stud (“steer”) (see also English stot), but the semantic link is difficult unless a common origin is from “(brown?) male mammal”. First attested in the mid 1400s.
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