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erminette

erminette noun: the fur of a white rabbit, sheared to resemble ermine.

Noun (1)

erminette (countable and uncountable, plural erminettes)

  1. (dated) The fur of a white rabbit, sheared to resemble ermine.
    • But Teddy knew too much of the fur at "Finney's"; the coney-seal, the sable-dyed-squirrel, the erminettes, the beaverines; […]1915, Evelyn May Clowes Wiehe, The Rose of Youth (page 12)

Noun (2) capitalized: Erminette

Erminette (plural Erminettes)

  1. Any of various breeds of poultry having black and white feathers.

Forms of erminette

pluralerminettes
pluralErminettes

Origin of erminette

From ermine + -ette.

Questions about erminette

What does erminette mean?
Erminette means the fur of a white rabbit, sheared to resemble ermine.
What part of speech is erminette?
Erminette is a noun.
What is the plural of erminette?
The plural of erminette is erminettes.

Words near erminette in the dictionary

  1. ermineas
  2. ermined
  3. erminee
  4. erminelike
  5. ermines
  6. erminette
  7. erminettes
  8. Ermington
  9. ermining
  10. erminois
  11. ermins

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