stoat
noun
the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.
stoats
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pluralof stoat.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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As a journalist and a volunteer, I’ve set and checked traps called “Trapinators” and “Mammalian Corrections Units” with Predator Free Dunedin, a conservation collective that has battled possums, rats, hedgehogs, and stoats since 2018.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2025
“With rats and stoats, they are a lot harder.”
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
I’m sure it’s bad country for stoats as well as foxes, and I hadn’t much idea what we were going to do if we met one.”
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
