weasel
noun /ˈwiːzl/
/ˈwiːzl/
- a small wild animal with red-brown fur, a long thin body, and short legs. Weasels eat smaller animals.Topics Animalsc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryWeasel is used before these nouns:
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Word OriginOld English wesle, wesule, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch wezel and German Wiesel.