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stoat
[stoht]
noun
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
stoat
/ əʊ /
noun
a small Eurasian musteline mammal, Mustela erminea, closely related to the weasels, having a brown coat and a black-tipped tail: in the northern parts of its range it has a white winter coat and is then known as an ermine
Word History and Origins
Origin of stoat1
Word History and Origins
Origin of stoat1
Example Sentences
The number of curlew wading birds in Orkney is on the rise again after a drive to reduce the number of predatory stoats.
Look very closely - can you see the stoat?
Jose saw this stoat jump mid-air as an "expression of exuberance" as the small mammal hurled itself around in a fresh snowfall.
In 2005, several kiwis were placed in the Maungatautari sanctuary in a last-ditch effort to prevent them from being hunted to extinction by predators like stoats and ferrets.
Starting in the 1800s, millions were slaughtered by nonnative predators like stoats, a mammal related to the weasel.
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