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stoat Definition

stoat (stōt)

noun pl. stoats or stoat

a large European ermine (Mustela erminea), esp. in its brown summer coat

Etymology: ME stote

stoat Usage Examples

Possessives

  • tail: The tip of the stoat's tail always stays black.

Converse of object

  • stuff: Expect wonderful inventions, an affection for the Victorians and a stuffed stoat called Malcolm.
  • mob: Report by Peter Talbot-Elsden 15 May 2005 A Kestrel and Crow simultaneously mobbed a Stoat on the Horseshoe Vetch covered slopes of Mill Hill.
  • spot: You may be lucky enough to spot a shy stoat, common here, but hard to find.

Adjective modifier

  • small: Fishing for finnock on the Spey, I cast a small silver stoat through falling spate water.

Modifies a noun

  • population: Weasels and stoat populations have probably also stabilized, after previous declines, while the pine marten may be staging a slow recovery.

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