least weasel
noun/ˈliːst ˈwiːz(ə)l/UK/ˈlist ˈwiz(ə)l/US
Etymology
From least + weasel, from the fact that it is the smallest member of its genus.
Definitions
The common weasel, little weasel, or simply weasel (Mustela nivalis), the smallest member…
The common weasel, little weasel, or simply weasel (Mustela nivalis), the smallest member of the weasel genus Mustela, native to Eurasia, North America, and North Africa.
- The range of the Least Weasel extends entirely across the continent on this hemisphere; but its north and south dispersion are less definite, in the present state of our knowledge.
- Two other interesting animals may have lived in that tree, the least weasel and his sanguinary cousin the ermine, or large weasel. Both are brown, after the snow finally disappears, and both turn white with the first snow-storm.
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