| NOUN | substance | ermine | the expensive white fur of the ermine |
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| animal | ermine, shorttail weasel, Mustela erminea | mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat |
| Sounds | er'mahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The expensive white fur of the ermine. | |
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| Broader | fur, pelt | The dressed hairy coat of a mammal |
| Spanish | piel de armiño | |
| Catalan | pell d'ermini | |
| Meaning | mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat. | |
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| Synonyms | shorttail weasel, Mustela erminea | |
| Narrower | stoat | The ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail |
| Broader | weasel | small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck |
| Spanish | armiño | |
| Catalan | ermini, Mustela erminea | |
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