| 单词 | white weasel |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite weasel c. In some parts of England and Ireland confused with the stoat n., which is sometimes called ermine weasel or (when wearing its winter coat) white weasel. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Mustela (weasel) > mustela erminea (stoat) erminea1200 vaira1387 whitretc1440 stoatc1460 lobstera1496 ermelin1555 lasset-mouse1591 weasel1607 stump1854 stoat-weasel1882 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 726 The white weasell is called Mineuer. 1676 C. Cotton Compl. Angler viii. 75 A Flie called the Owl-Flie; the dubbing of a white Weesel's tail. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 358 This animal [sc. the ermine] is sometimes found white in Great Britain, and is then called a white weasel. 1891 Fishing Gaz. 3 Jan. 7/2 The stoat, or ermine weasel (Mustela erminea)..in many parts of England is called a weasel. 1916 Field 22 Apr. 661/3 The stoat..in many parts [of Ireland] is known as ‘weasel’. < as lemmas |
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