comadreja

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weasel

The weasel is noted for its bad smell. - A la comadreja se le reconoce por su mal olor.

Can you tell a stoat and a weasel apart just by looking at them? - ¿Puedes distinguir a un armiño y a una comadreja solo con mirarlos?

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
To benefit by clever or devious means, especially to escape a commitment

Prisoners are notorious for weaseling day passes to get out of lockup .

A devious or sneaky person or animal
The taxonomic family Mustelidae is also called the weasel family
The least weasel, Mustela nivalis
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
The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others are brown at all seasons
small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck
Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to the genus Putorius, as the ermine and ferret
The least weasel, (Mustela nivalis)
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
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
To benefit by clever or devious means, esp. to escape a commitment (from the supposed cunningness of the weasel)
{f} evade, escape; fool, lead astray, be ambiguous; tattle (Slang)
{i} 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)