stoat vs. mink

stoat

noun

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

mink

noun

plural

minks ,

plural

mink .

  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.