| Weasel (weasel) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Wea"sel |
| [OE. wesele, AS.
wesle; akin to D. wezel, G. wiesel, OHG.
wisala, Icel. hreyiv***imacr]sla, Dan. väsel, Sw.
vessla; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. (?), (?), cat, weasel.]
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Any one of various species of small carnivores
belonging to the genus Putorius, as the ermine and ferret. They have
a slender, elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of their
movements and for their bloodthirsty habit in destroying poultry, rats,
etc. The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white
in winter; others are brown at all seasons.
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