| Weasel | n. [ OE. wesele, AS. wesle; akin to D. wezel, G. wiesel, OHG. wisala, Icel. hreyivīsla, Dan. väsel, Sw. vessla; of uncertain origin; cf. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, cat, weasel. ] (Zool.) Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to the genus Putorius, as the ermine and ferret. They have a slender, elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of their movements and for their bloodthirsty habit in destroying poultry, rats, etc. The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others are brown at all seasons. [ 1913 Webster ]
Malacca weasel, the rasse. --
Weasel coot, a female or young male of the smew; -- so called from the resemblance of the head to that of a weasel. Called also weasel duck. --
Weasel lemur, a short-tailed lemur (Lepilemur mustelinus). It is reddish brown above, grayish brown below, with the throat white. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Weasel-faced | a. Having a thin, sharp face, like a weasel. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 鼬 | [yòu, ㄧㄡˋ, 鼬] weasel; Mustela nivalis #50,347 [Add to Longdo] |
| 黄鼠狼 | [huáng shǔ láng, ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄕㄨˇ ㄌㄤˊ, 黄 鼠 狼 / 黃 鼠 狼] yellow weasel (Mustela sibirica); Japanese mink; skunk #53,358 [Add to Longdo] |
| 狼毫 | [láng háo, ㄌㄤˊ ㄏㄠˊ, 狼 毫] writing brush of weasel bristle #118,364 [Add to Longdo] |
| 黄鼬 | [huáng yòu, ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄧㄡˋ, 黄 鼬 / 黃 鼬] yellow weasel (Mustela sibirica); Japanese mink; skunk #161,841 [Add to Longdo] |
| 黄鼠狼给鸡拜年 | [huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián, ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄕㄨˇ ㄌㄤˊ ㄍㄟˇ ㄐㄧ ㄅㄞˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ, 黄 鼠 狼 给 鸡 拜 年 / 黃 鼠 狼 給 雞 拜 年] lit. the weasel offers the chicken new year greetings (谚语 proverb); fig. beware the Greeks bearing gifts [Add to Longdo] |
| 鼪 | [shēng, ㄕㄥ, 鼪] stoat; weasel [Add to Longdo] |
| 鼬属 | [yòu shǔ, ㄧㄡˋ ㄕㄨˇ, 鼬 属 / 鼬 屬] Mustela (genus of weasels etc) [Add to Longdo] |
| 鼬科 | [yòu kē, ㄧㄡˋ ㄎㄜ, 鼬 科] Mustelidae (taxonomic family of weasel, otter, mink) [Add to Longdo] |
| いたちの道;鼬の道 | [いたちのみち, itachinomichi] (exp) not to write to or visit someone; road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again) [Add to Longdo] |
| いたちの道切り;鼬の道切り | [いたちのみちきり, itachinomichikiri] (exp) (See いたちの道) not to write to or visit someone; road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again) [Add to Longdo] |
| オコジョ;おこじょ | [okojo ; okojo] (n) stoat; ermine; short-tailed weasel (Mustela erminea) [Add to Longdo] |
| カマヒレザメ | [kamahirezame] (n) snaggletooth shark (Hemipristis elongata, species of Indo-West Pacific weasel shark and the only extant member of its genus) [Add to Longdo] |
| カマヒレザメ属 | [カマヒレザメぞく, kamahirezame zoku] (n) Hemipristis (genus of the weasel shark family Hemigaleidae with the snaggletooth shark as its only extant species) [Add to Longdo] |
| テンイバラザメ | [ten'ibarazame] (n) straight-tooth weasel shark (Paragaleus tengi, species of Western Pacific weasel shark found from Japan to Viet Nam) [Add to Longdo] |
| テンイバラザメ属 | [テンイバラザメぞく, ten'ibarazame zoku] (n) Paragaleus (genus in the weasel shark family Hemigaleidae) [Add to Longdo] |
| ヒレトガリザメ | [hiretogarizame] (n) sicklefin weasel shark (Hemigaleus microstoma, species of Indo-West Pacific weasel shark) [Add to Longdo] |
| ヒレトガリザメ科 | [ヒレトガリザメか, hiretogarizame ka] (n) (See ヘミガレウス科) Hemigaleidae (family of weasel sharks containing 8 known species in 4 genera found from the eastern Atlantic to the continental Indo-Pacific) [Add to Longdo] |
| ヒレトガリザメ属 | [ヒレトガリザメぞく, hiretogarizame zoku] (n) Hemigaleus (genus of the weasel shark family Hemigaleidae) [Add to Longdo] |
| ヘミガレウス科 | [ヘミガレウスか, hemigareusu ka] (n) (See ヒレトガリザメ科) Hemigaleidae (family of weasel sharks containing 8 known species in 4 genera found from the eastern Atlantic to the continental Indo-Pacific) [Add to Longdo] |
| ホシザメ属 | [ホシザメぞく, hoshizame zoku] (n) Mustelus (genus of smooth-hound sharks in the family Triakidae); from the Latin mustela meaning weasel [Add to Longdo] |
| 鎌鼬 | [かまいたち, kamaitachi] (n) (1) type Japanese folkloric monster (yokai), thought to be a trio of weasels who appear in a whirlwind to cut their victim; (2) cut caused by whirlwind [Add to Longdo] |
| 玉虫色 | [たまむしいろ, tamamushiiro] (n, adj-no) (1) iridescent; (2) equivocal; ambivalent; (3) variable meaning; weasel-word; chameleonic interpretation; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 最後っ屁 | [さいごっぺ, saigoppe] (n) (1) stink bomb; foul odour emitted from the anal sacs of a frightened weasel; (2) final desperate tactic [Add to Longdo] |
| 最後屁 | [さいごべ, saigobe] (n) (1) stink bomb; foul odour emitted from the anal sacs of a frightened weasel; (2) final desperate tactic [Add to Longdo] |
| 生き馬の目を抜く | [いきうまのめをぬく, ikiumanomewonuku] (exp) (id) (sens) (obs) to catch a weasel asleep; to pluck out the eye of a live horse [Add to Longdo] |
| 朝鮮鼬 | [ちょうせんいたち;チョウセンイタチ, chousen'itachi ; chousen'itachi] (n) (uk) Korean yellow weasel (Mustela sibirica coreana) [Add to Longdo] |
| 日本鼬 | [にほんいたち;ニホンイタチ, nihon'itachi ; nihon'itachi] (n) (uk) Japanese weasel (Mustela itatsi) [Add to Longdo] |
| 飯綱 | [いづな, iduna] (n) (uk) least weasel (Mustela nivalis) [Add to Longdo] |
| 貂;黄鼬 | [てん;テン, ten ; ten] (n) (1) (uk) Japanese marten (Martes melampus); (2) marten (any arboreal weasel-like mammal of genus Martes) [Add to Longdo] |
| 鼬;鼬鼠 | [いたち;イタチ, itachi ; itachi] (n) (1) (uk) weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); (2) mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, inc. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |
