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- Weasel - n. - Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to the genus Putorius, as the ermine and ferret. They have a slender, elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of their movements and for their bloodthirsty habit in destroying poultry, rats, etc. The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others are brown at all seasons.
- Weasel-faced - a. - Having a thin, sharp face, like a weasel.
- Paguma - n. - Any one of several species of East Indian viverrine mammals of the genus Paguma. They resemble a weasel in form.
- Polecat - n. - A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius foetidus). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret.
- Fisher - n. - A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela Canadensis); the pekan; the "black cat."
- Ferret - n. - An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela / Putorius furo), about fourteen inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color, with red eyes. It is a native of Africa, but has been domesticated in Europe. Ferrets are used to drive rabbits and rats out of their holes.
- Foin - n. - A kind of fur, black at the top on a whitish ground, taken from the ferret or weasel of the same name.
- Sable - n. - A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela zibellina) native of the northern latitudes of Europe, Asia, and America, -- noted for its fine, soft, and valuable fur.
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