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weasel — I. noun (plural weasels) Etymology: Middle English wesele, from Old English weosule; akin to Old High German wisula weasel Date: before 12th century 1. or plural weasel any of various small slender active carnivorous mammals (genus Mustela of the … New Collegiate Dictionary
Weasel (Farthing Wood) — Weasel is a fictional character from the animated children s television series The Animals of Farthing Wood based upon the books of the same name by author Colin Dann. She is, as her name suggests, a Weasel.In the TV SeriesWhile male in the books … Wikipedia
Weasel's snout — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) … Wikipedia
Weasel — For other uses, see Weasel (disambiguation). Weasel Least Weasel Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
weasel — /wee zeuhl/, n., pl. weasels, (esp. collectively) weasel, v. n. 1. any small carnivore of the genus Mustela, of the family Mustelidae, having a long, slender body and feeding chiefly on small rodents. 2. any of various similar animals of the… … Universalium
weasel — /ˈwizəl / (say weezuhl) noun 1. any of certain small Eurasian and American carnivores of the genus Mustela, family Mustelidae, having a long, slender bodies, short legs and rounded ears, and feeding mainly on small rodents, especially the common… …
weasel — wea•sel [[t]ˈwi zəl[/t]] n. pl. sels, (esp. collectively) sel, 1) mam any small carnivore of the genus Mustela, of the family Mustelidae, having a long, slender body and feeding chiefly on small rodents and birds: includes ferrets, stoats, minks … From formal English to slang
Siberian Weasel — Taxobox name = Siberian Weasel status = LR/lc | status system = IUCN2.3 image width = 200px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Carnivora familia = Mustelidae genus = Mustela species = M. sibirica binomial = Mustela… … Wikipedia
Least weasel — Temporal range: Late Pleistocene–Recent Middle European weasel (Mustela nivalis vulgaris) at the British Wildlife Centre, Surrey, England … Wikipedia
Long-tailed weasel — Conservation status … Wikipedia
