| stoat | <zoology> 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. Origin: OE. Stot a stoat, horse, bullock; perhaps originally only of male animals, and akin to D. Stooten to push, E. Stutter; cf. Icel. Sttr a bull, Sw. Stut a bullock. Cf. Stot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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