ermin

Noun

ermine (countable and uncountable, plural ermines or ermine)

1. A weasel found in northern latitudes (Mustela erminea in Eurasia, Alaska, and the Arctic, Mustela haidarum in Haida Gwaii, Mustela richardsonii in the rest of North America); its dark brown fur turns white in winter, apart from the black tip of the tail.
2. The white fur of this animal, traditionally seen as a symbol of purity and used for judges' robes.
3. (broadly, figuratively) The office of a judge.
4. The fur of this animal, used as a heraldic tincture: a white field with a repeating pattern of stylized black spots.
5. Any of various moths, especially in the family Yponomeutidae

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