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stoat vs. mink

stoat
[stoht] / stoʊt /

noun

  • stoats
    plural

  1. the ermine, Mustela erminea, especially when in brown summer pelage.

mink
[mingk] / mɪŋk /

noun

  • minks,
    plural
  • mink
    plural

  1. a semiaquatic weasellike animal of the genus Mustela, especially the North American M. vison.

  2. the fur of this animal, brownish in the natural state and having lustrous outside hairs and a thick, soft undercoat.

  3. a coat, stole, etc., made of this fur.