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Definition of Stoats
1. stoat [n] - See also: stoat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stoats
Literary usage of Stoats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Round about a Great Estate by Richard Jefferies (1881)
"A PACK OF stoats. BIRDS. THE sweet scent from a beanfield beside the road caused
me to linger one summer morning in a gateway under the elms. ..."
2. Travel and Talk, 1885-93-95: My Hundred Thousand Miles of Travel Through by Hugh Reginald Haweis (1896)
"... and a huge ki-wi fresh egg, larger than a goose's, was brought to my hotel at
Tarawera, on the North New Zealand plains. Unfortunately, the stoats and ..."
3. Travel and Talk, 1885-93-95: My Hundred Thousand Miles of Travel Through by Hugh Reginald Haweis (1897)
"Unfortunately, the stoats and weasels, which have been introduced to kill the
rabbits, are rapidly destroying all ground game, and these unique wingless ..."
4. Things Chinese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with China by James Dyer Ball (1893)
"... trained) sable-ermine, pole-cats, stoats, sea-otters, moles, musk-rats, shrew
mice, hedgehogs, marmots, and mole-rats. There are many kinds of rodents. ..."
5. The English Illustrated Magazine (1888)
"JG Wood, whose informant heard it direct from the person principally concerned,
seems to show that stoats, like weasels, will make combined attacks on human ..."
6. A Tour in Sutherlandshire: With Extracts from the Field-books of a Sportsman by Charles St. John (1849)
"Change of colour in stoats — Affection of Otters for their young — Roe-hunting —
Attachment of Birds to their ..."
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