shorttail weasel

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   mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat

   SynonymsermineMustela erminea

   Broaderweasel

   Narrowerstoat

Questions about shorttail weasel

What does shorttail weasel mean?

shorttail weasel means "mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat".

What is another word for shorttail weasel?

Close synonyms include ermine, Mustela erminea. 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 shorttail weasel a common word?

shorttail weasel 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.