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stoat

  [stoht] ,
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–noun
the ermine, Mustela erminea, esp. when in brown summer pelage.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME stote < ?
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stoat   (stōt)   
n.   pl. stoat or stoats Chiefly British
The ermine, especially when in its brown color phase.

[Middle English stote.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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stoat 
c.1460, stote "ermine in its summer coat of brown," of uncertain origin. The word bears resemblance to O.N. stutr "bull," Swed. stut "bull," Dan. stud "ox," but the sense is difficult unless a common notion is "male animal."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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