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Meanings of stoat in English

We have no meanings for "stoat" in our records yet.
Usage of stoat in English
1
He was as furious and as helpless as the stoat had been.
The Waters of Edera
2
There has been one previous stoat incursion to the island in 2015.
Radio NZ
3
It was this fact, probably, which kept the stoat-pack at his heels.
The Way of the Wild
4
Or a stronger stoat crept out and attacked anything that he fancied.
Field and Hedgerow: Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies
5
With bared fangs-fleckednow with blood-thestoat crouched, breathing quite fearless defiance.
Jan: A Dog and a Romance
6
Jacobs was lucid, shrewd that night, staring at Ori with stoat eyes.
Iron Council
7
Her husband says later it was probably a stoat after a rabbit.
The new yorker
8
The stump was an ideal nursery; as such the stoat had employed it.
"Wee Tim'rous Beasties": Studies of Animal life and Character
9
New Zealand's eighth-largest island is on a mission to become stoat-free.
Radio NZ
10
But the stoat also slew the fledgling as well as the parent bird.
The Thirsty Sword: A Story of the Norse Invasion of Scotland (12...
11
A charity will set 1500 stoat traps on Auckland's Waiheke Island on Monday.
Radio NZ
12
The water-rat slipped quietly down the stream,-shestill feared the stoat.
"Wee Tim'rous Beasties": Studies of Animal life and Character
13
The white stoat may be said to exactly resemble the ermine.
Nature Near London
14
The genetic code for our most wanted pest, the stoat, has been revealed.
Radio NZ
15
It was an ermine, a stoat in winter dress, white as driven snow.
The Way of the Wild
16
Something was very wrong indeed with the stoat-henever even bared his teeth.
"Wee Tim'rous Beasties": Studies of Animal life and Character
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New Zealand
Common
United Kingdom
Rare