stoats
- plural of stoat.
Example Sentences
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They imported possums for fur, rabbits to hunt for sport, then ravenous stoats to control the rabbit population.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2025
That means eradicating invasive species such as possums, rats and mustelids—a group that includes weasels, ferrets and stoats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2024
In 2005, several kiwis were placed in the Maungatautari sanctuary in a last-ditch effort to prevent them from being hunted to extinction by predators like stoats and ferrets.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2024
On the brink of extinction from imported predators, a few last kākāpō were evacuated to three tiny islets around New Zealand to live free from pests like cats and stoats.
From National Geographic ● Oct. 4, 2023
Ferrets, weasels and stoats, their faces smeared with moist dark earth, popped out of the ground in the oddest of places.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
