mink vs weasel
Definitions
noun
- fur coat made from the soft lustrous fur of minks
- the expensive fur of a mink
- slender-bodied semiaquatic mammal having partially webbed feet; valued for its fur
Examples
A boa made from black water mink is worth about 50 dollars, a collarette about $100,00 and a coat reaching down to the hips would cost about $250,00.
Even while he was missing, those uncertain hours of anxious speculation and dismal journalism, she had assumed Maxwell would be found boomingly alive, having spent the whole time enjoying the amorous advances of a short-sighted minke whale.
A few well-garlanded madams of the society crowd passed by, gossiping, their rich black minks set for the chill in the Springtime air, their heels clopping gently on the sidewalk.
Definitions
noun
- a person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky
- small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck
Examples
I call him the little weasel, a little northern monkey.
Mammals such as weasels, foxes, stoats and especially roe deer can wander safely without the risk of being killed by traffic.
The Croatian currency is the kuna, apparently named after a small furry animal like a stoat or weasel, the pelts of which used to be traded.
