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a weasel, Mustela nivalis, of northern regions, that grows to a length of about 6 inches (15 centimeters).

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Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

Also called pygmy weasel.

Note the weasel words (a term they do actually teach in law school): “affected community.”
Facebook Apologizes For, but Doesn’t Retract, Discriminatory ‘Real Name’ Policy|Jay Michaelson|October 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To be fair, this is one of the least-insulting comparisons Watters could have made.
Getting to Know the ‘Beyoncé Voter’|Kelly Williams Brown|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the usual weasel language: more observations were needed.
The Exoplanet That Wasn’t There|Matthew R. Francis|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Mosel region is arguably the most storied, least-understood wine region in the world.
Germany’s Wine Revolution Is Just Getting Started|Jordan Salcito|April 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He has one of the least-lined faces of anyone I have ever met.
BP, Putin, and the Power of Oil|Tim Teeman|March 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Courage, that a poor private carrying a musket has to spare of; that does not fail a weasel or a rat; that is a brutish faculty?
The Pocket R.L.S.|Robert Louis Stevenson
They have both been sometimes confounded with the weasel of Virginia, the genet, the musk-deer, and even with the hyna.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
He is called the weasel armadillo, because his head is nearly of the same form as a weasel.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
Then the father recollected his perjured vow, and his witnesses, the weasel and the well.
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala|Various
"They are following our people toward the lodges of the Ogalalas," Painted Weasel told him.
Three Sioux Scouts|Elmer Russell Gregor