Stoat

Quick meaning: Stoat is a noun meaning Mustela erminea, the ermine or short-tailed weasel, a mustelid native to Eurasia and North America, distinguished from the least weasel by its larger size and longer tail with a prominent black tip.

Meaning

Mustela erminea, the ermine or short-tailed weasel, a mustelid native to Eurasia and North America, distinguished from the least weasel by its larger size and longer tail with a prominent black tip.

More Meanings

1. To stitch (edges of relatively thick cloth, fur, etc, for example on either side of a join or tear) together in a way that is invisible from the 'front', by sewing part of the way into and then back out of the thickness of the material from the 'back' side (without the thread going all the way through to the 'front' side of the material).

Example Sentences

to stoat two very ravelled edges

I have never seen Stoats hunt in packs, but it is certain both Weasels and Stoats do so.

In 1953 it was reported that the stoat had increased to a high population level, but that the weasel introduced at the same time had disappeared (de Vos et al. 1956).

European stoats were long ago introduced to New Zealand (along with ferrets and weasels!) in the mistaken belief that they would control the burgeoning populations of introduced rabbits.

Word Forms

• stoats
• stoating
• stoated
• stote

Synonyms for stoat

Depending on context, synonyms include clubster, ermine.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stote, ermine, ermin, weasel, mustelid, erminea.

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