Assertion: tailed weasel | /r/Synonym | ermine
Facets:
value: commonly
type: DEGREE
value: during their allwhite winter phase
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: The long-tailed weasel – like its taxonomic brethren, the least weasel and the short-tailed weasel (also known as an ermine or a stoat) – may seem as endearing as a curious, lively kitten, but in fact, ounce for ounce, it ranks as one of nature's most relentless and ferocious predators.
text: The short tailed weasel (Ermine) is noticeably smaller, with a shorter tail, and varies from 8 to 14 inches long with a 4 1/2 inch tail.
text: Three species of weasels are found in Canada: the short-tailed weasel, also known as the ermine or stoat (Mustela erminea), the long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata), and the least weasel (Mustela nivalis).
text: Short-tailed weasels (Mustela erminea), also known as ermine, are the smallest members of the weasel genus that live in Oregon.
text: The short-tailed weasel is also known as ermine, though the winter pelts of both the short-tailed and long-tailed weasel are called ermine in the fur trade.
text: Short-tailed weasels ( M. erminea) are commonly known as ermines during their allwhite winter phase, and as stoats in their darker summer pelage.
text: Short-tailed weasels, also known as ermines, are commonly trapped animals wherever they are found.
text: The long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata) is closely related to the short-tailed weasel (ermine), mink, river otter, pine marten and fisher.
text: Like the long- tailed weasel and its other relatives, the short-tailed weasel, also known as the ermine, is a predator.