laˈvellanSc. A kind of weasel (Jam.). 1684Sibbald Scot.Illustr. ii. iii. 11 Lavellan, Animal in Cathanesia frequens.1771Pennant Tour Scotl. in 1769 (1774) 175, I enquired here after the Lavellan, which, from description, I suspect to be the Water Shrew Mouse.