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stoat [stəʊt, Am stoʊt] N

stoat

Hermelin nt

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Judging from the footmarks, it is long like a weasel or a stoat, with short stumpy legs, but bigger than either of those animals. en.wikipedia.org

Ermine (stoats) can enter and hunt below the snowpack. en.wikipedia.org

The least weasel occupies a similar type of habitat as the stoat but it less often frequents wet places. en.wikipedia.org

The meaning of the weasel is unclear but the two most likely definitions are: a flat iron used for finishing clothing; or rhyming slang for a coat ("weasel and stoat"). en.wikipedia.org

Stoats are not monogamous, with litters often being of mixed paternity. en.wikipedia.org

Locally the stoat is just as often incorrectly called a weasel. en.wikipedia.org

He cites credible reports of a moorhen being attacked by a stoat and taking off into the air, with the stoat still attached. www.independent.co.uk

Of the mammals, smaller ones like the marten, stoat, squirrel, the fell lemming and similar are common parts of the fauna. en.wikipedia.org

They use their powerful legs and claws for defense against predators like stoats or ferrets. en.wikipedia.org

Stoats are the greatest threat to these ground-nesting and hole-nesting birds since they have very little means of escaping predation. en.wikipedia.org

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