Look up: ermine

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   Ermine
   Ermine is a name for the stoat in its winter dress of a white coat which it assumes in winter in cold countries. The term is also used to describe the white fur obtained from a suitable stoat in winter.
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   ermine
   [n] - the expensive white fur of the ermine 2. [n] - mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat
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   Ermine
   Er'mine noun [ Old French ermine , French hermine , probably of German origin; confer Old High German harmo , German hermelin , akin to Lithuanian szarm... , szarmonys , weasel, confer Anglo-Saxon hearma ; but confer also Late Latin armelinus , armellina , hermellina , and pellis Armenia , the fur of the Armenian
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   Ermine
   Er'mine transitive verb To clothe with, or as with, ermine. « The snows that have ermined it in the winter.» Lowell.
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   ermine
   1. <zoology> A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus Mustela (M. Erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat. It is found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. In summer it is brown, but in winter it becomes white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black. ... 2. The fur of the ermine, as prepared for ornamenting garmen ...
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   ermine
   shorttail weasel noun mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat
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   ermine
   noun the expensive white fur of the ermine
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   Ermine
   • (n.) The fur of the ermine, as prepared for ornamenting garments of royalty, etc., by having the tips of the tails, which are black, arranged at regular intervals throughout the white. • (n.) A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus Mustela (M. erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat. It is found in the northern parts of Asia, Europ...
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   ermine
   (from the article `heraldry`) ...(silver), one of the colours gules (red), azure (blue), vert (green), purpure (purple), or sable (black), or one of the furs ermine (a white field ...
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    ermine
    any of several northern weasel (q.v.) species of the genus Mustela, family Mustelidae, called ermine especially during the winter-white colour ... [2 related articles]
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    ermine
    ermine An animal of the weasel tribe (Mustela Erminea), an inhabitant of northern countries, called in England a “stoat”, whose fur is reddish brown in summer, but in winter (in northern regions) wholly white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black.
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    ermine
    ermine, name for a number of northern species of weasel having white coats in winter, and highly prized for their white fur. It most commonly refers to the white phase of Mustela erminea, called short-tailed weasel in North America and stoat in the Old World. The white pelts are made into wraps, coa...
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