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stoat


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stoat  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stoat 
  n  :  the  ermine  in  its  brown  summer  coat  with  black-tipped  tail 




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