Stoat vs Stoae - What's the difference?
stoat | stoae |
, 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.
* 1886 , Transactions of the Edinburgh Naturalists' Field Club , Volume 1,
* 2003 , John Long, Introduced Mammals of the World: Their History, Distribution and Influence ,
* 2005 , T. C. R. White, Why Does the World Stay Green?: Nutrition and Survival of Plant-eaters ,
As nouns the difference between stoat and stoae
is that stoat is , 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 while stoae is .stoat
English
(wikipedia stoat)Noun
(en noun)page 135,
- I have never seen Stoats' hunt in packs, but it is certain both Weasels and ' Stoats do so.
page 272,
- In 1953 it was reported that the stoat had increased to a high population level, but that the weasel introduced at the same time had disappeared (de Vos et al. 1956).
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- European stoats were long ago introduced to New Zealand (along with ferrets and weasels!) in the mistaken belief that they would control the burgeoning populations of introduced rabbits.