Sentence example with the word 'stoat'

stoat

Definition n. the ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail

Last update: June 29, 2015


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Stoats are rarely found in India.   [Please select]

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The land mammals of Greenland are decidedly more American than European; the musk-ox, the banded lemming (Cuniculus torquatus), the white polar wolf, of which there seems to have been a new invasion recently round the northern part of the country to the east coast, the Eskimo and the dog - probably also the reindeer - have all come from America, while the other land mammals, the polar bear, the polar fox, the Arctic hare, the stoat (Mustela erminea), are perfectly circumpolar forms. The species of seals and whales are, if anything, more American than European, and so to some extent are the fishes.   [Please select]

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He looked over, and to his great surprise, saw a rabbit in close pursuit of a stoat.   [Please select]

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Unwelcome attentions--An old badger's watchfulness--A clever trick--A presumptuous youngster--Instructions in selfishness--Harsh measures--The badger and the stoat--A long ramble 310-324 III.   [Please select]

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It was an ermine, a stoat in winter dress, white as driven snow.   [Please select]

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The stoat, plus a new carmine decoration for gallantry, remembered an urgent appointment down a rat-hole, and kept it.   [Please select]

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It was this fact, probably, which kept the stoat-pack at his heels.   [Please select]

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On mentioning casually that I had seen a stoat an hour before, he exhibited a sudden interest.   [Please select]

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For their keen sense of smell had told them of the approach of the one enemy they dreaded--the soft-footed, silent Stoat.   [Please select]

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Swift as were the movements of the Stoat, he was on strange ground, while the Hackees knew every inch of it.   [Please select]

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None came; the Stoat had missed a turn in the winding tunnel, and the flying Hackees reached the hollow tree in safety.   [Please select]

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