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Definition of Weael
Wea"sel (?), n. [OE. wesele, AS.
wesle; akin to D. wezel, G. wiesel, OHG.
wisala, Icel. hreyivīsla, Dan. väsel, Sw.
vessla; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. &?;, &?;, cat, weasel.]
(Zoöl.) 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.
Malacca weasel, the rasse. -- Weasel
coot, a female or young male of the smew; -- so called from
the resemblance of the head to that of a weasel. Called also weasel
duck. -- Weasel lemur, a short-tailed lemur
(Lepilemur mustelinus). It is reddish brown above, grayish brown
below, with the throat white.
Wea"sel (?), n. [OE. wesele, AS.
wesle; akin to D. wezel, G. wiesel, OHG.
wisala, Icel. hreyivīsla, Dan. väsel, Sw.
vessla; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. &?;, &?;, cat, weasel.]
(Zoöl.) 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.
Malacca weasel, the rasse. -- Weasel
coot, a female or young male of the smew; -- so called from
the resemblance of the head to that of a weasel. Called also weasel
duck. -- Weasel lemur, a short-tailed lemur
(Lepilemur mustelinus). It is reddish brown above, grayish brown
below, with the throat white.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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