ermine
noun
an Old World weasel, Mustela erminea, having in its winter color phase a white coat with black at the tip of the tail.
ermines
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pluralof ermine.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But despite the dress scarves and ermines, Vienna’s ball culture is curiously democratic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2016
In a two-week trek, our party of 11--all cousins from the U.S., ranging in age from 15 to 64--would see more bears, as well as reindeer, foxes, ermines and 2-ft.-long trout.
From Time Magazine Archive
For white ties, ermines and orchids, it was almost like old times.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such a slump is normal enough at season's end, but this year Broadway thought that the New York World's Fair would keep her dolled up in her midwinter ermines.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mustela, the martin, including otters, weasels, ermines, polecats, &c.:
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by William MacGillivray
