Etymology: [ 'wE-z&l ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English wesele, from Old English weosule, from Proto-Germanic *wisulōn (compare West Frisian wezeling, Dutch wezel, German Wiesel), from Proto-Indo-European *u̯iselos (compare Irish fíal 'ferret'), from *u̯is- 'musk, stink' (compare Latin virus 'slimy liquid, mud; stench', Sanskrit विस्र (visra) 'musty, smelling of raw meat)'. The verb comes from the supposed cunningness of the weasel.
The taxonomic family Mustelidae is also called the weasel family, Any of the carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light brown upper coat and light-coloured belly, The least weasel, Mustela nivalis, A devious or sneaky person or animal, A type of yarn winder used for counting the yardage of handspun yarn. It most commonly has a wooden peg or dowel that pops up from the gearing mechanism after a certain number of yards have been wound onto the winder, To benefit by clever or devious means, especially to escape a commitment, To benefit by clever or devious means, esp. to escape a commitment (from the supposed cunningness of the weasel), small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck, A weasel is a small wild animal with a long thin body, a tail, short legs, and reddish-brown fur. a small thin furry animal that kills and eats rats and birds. weaselled weaselling weaseled weaseling weasel out to avoid doing something you should do by using clever or dishonest excuses weasel out of. Any of several genera (carnivore family Mustelidae) of voracious nocturnal predators found throughout the Americas, Africa, and Eurasia. Weasels have slender bodies and necks, small flat heads, short legs, clawed toes, dense short fur, and slim pointed tails. The size and relative length of the tail vary among species. Their total length is 7-20 in. (17-50 cm), and they may weigh 1-12 oz (30-350 g). The approximately 10 New World and Eurasian species of Mustela are reddish brown; in cold regions, their winter coat turns white, and the pelt, especially of the stoat (M. erminea), is called ermine. Weasels generally hunt alone, feeding on rodents, fish, frogs, and birds' eggs, evade, escape; fool, lead astray, be ambiguous; tattle (Slang), 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, carnivorous mammal having a long slender brown body with short legs and a long tail (some species in northern regions turn white in the winter); (Slang) cunning or sneaky person (derogatory), The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others are brown at all seasons, The least weasel, (Mustela nivalis), whittret, vare, plural of weasel,
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The taxonomic family Mustelidae is also called the weasel family
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Any of the carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light brown upper coat and light-coloured belly
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The least weasel, Mustela nivalis
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A devious or sneaky person or animal
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A type of yarn winder used for counting the yardage of handspun yarn. It most commonly has a wooden peg or dowel that pops up from the gearing mechanism after a certain number of yards have been wound onto the winder
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To benefit by clever or devious means, especially to escape a commitment - "Prisoners are notorious for weaseling day passes to get out of lockup ."
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To benefit by clever or devious means, esp. to escape a commitment (from the supposed cunningness of the weasel)
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small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck
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A weasel is a small wild animal with a long thin body, a tail, short legs, and reddish-brown fur. a small thin furry animal that kills and eats rats and birds. weaselled weaselling weaseled weaseling weasel out to avoid doing something you should do by using clever or dishonest excuses weasel out of. Any of several genera (carnivore family Mustelidae) of voracious nocturnal predators found throughout the Americas, Africa, and Eurasia. Weasels have slender bodies and necks, small flat heads, short legs, clawed toes, dense short fur, and slim pointed tails. The size and relative length of the tail vary among species. Their total length is 7-20 in. (17-50 cm), and they may weigh 1-12 oz (30-350 g). The approximately 10 New World and Eurasian species of Mustela are reddish brown; in cold regions, their winter coat turns white, and the pelt, especially of the stoat (M. erminea), is called ermine. Weasels generally hunt alone, feeding on rodents, fish, frogs, and birds' eggs
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evade, escape; fool, lead astray, be ambiguous; tattle (Slang) fiil
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Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to the genus Putorius, as the ermine and ferret
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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
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carnivorous mammal having a long slender brown body with short legs and a long tail (some species in northern regions turn white in the winter); (Slang) cunning or sneaky person (derogatory) isim
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The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others are brown at all seasons
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