mustela erminea

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   mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat

   Synonymsermineshorttail weasel

   Broaderweasel

   Narrowerstoat

Questions about mustela erminea

What does mustela erminea mean?

mustela erminea means "mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat".

What is another word for mustela erminea?

Close synonyms include ermine, shorttail weasel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mustela erminea a common word?

mustela erminea is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.