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erminettes

erminettes is the plural of erminette.

Meaning of erminette

Noun

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)

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Noun capitalized: Erminettes

Erminettes

  1. (plural) plural of Erminette

Questions about erminettes

What is erminettes the plural of?
Erminettes is the plural of erminette.
What part of speech is erminettes?
Erminettes is a noun.

Words near erminettes in the dictionary

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

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