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Wiesel — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • weasel noun A small, slender carnivorous mammal with a long body and short legs, related to the stoat and ferret.

Senses

Wiesel is used for these senses in English:

  • least weasel The common weasel, little weasel, or simply weasel (Mustela nivalis), the smallest member of the weasel genus Mustela, native to Eurasia, North America, and North Africa.
  • weasel Any of the carnivorous mammals of the genera Mustela, Neogale, Poecilogale, and Lyncodon, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light brown upper coat and light-coloured belly.
  • weasel A least weasel (Mustela nivalis).
  • weasel Any of certain other species of the family Mustelidae.

weasel — full definition

  1. noun A small, slender carnivorous mammal with a long body and short legs, related to the stoat and ferret.
  2. noun A sneaky or deceitful person.
  3. verb To get out of an obligation or gain something through evasive, dishonest means.

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