STOAT

stoat. Stoat, n. an animal of the weesel kind, the ermin

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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.]] (Zoöl.) 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.