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stoats

stoats is the plural of stoat.

stoats is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stoat.

Meaning of stoat

Noun

stoat (plural stoats)

  1. Mustela erminea, the ermine or short-tailed weasel, a mustelid native to Eurasia and North America, distinguished from the least weasel by its larger size and longer tail with a prominent black tip.
    • I have never seen Stoats hunt in packs, but it is certain both Weasels and Stoats do so.1886, Transactions of the Edinburgh Naturalists' Field Club, volume 1, page 135

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Questions about stoats

What is stoats the plural of?
Stoats is the plural of stoat.

Words near stoats in the dictionary

  1. stoaters
  2. Stoates
  3. stoating
  4. stoatious
  5. stoatlike
  6. stoats
  7. stoaty
  8. stob
  9. STOBAR
  10. Stobart
  11. Stobaugh

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