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M erminea
Ermine Er"mine, n. [OF. ermine, F. hermine, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. harmo, G. hermelin, akin to Lith. szarm?, szarmonys, weasel, cf. AS. hearma; but cf. also LL. armelinus, armellina, hermellina, and pellis Armenia, the fur of the Armenian rat, mus Armenius, the animal being found also in Armenia.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus Mustela (M. erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat. It is found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. In summer it is brown, but in winter it becomes white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black. 2. The fur of the ermine, as prepared for ornamenting garments of royalty, etc., by having the tips of the tails, which are black, arranged at regular intervals throughout the white. 3. By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain. --Chatham. 4. (Her.) One of the furs. See Fur (Her.) Note: Ermine is represented by an argent field, tufted with black. Ermines is the reverse of ermine, being black, spotted or timbered with argent. Erminois is the same as ermine, except that or is substituted for argent. Ermine moth (Zo["o]l.), a white moth with black spots (esp. Yponomeuta padella of Europe); -- so called on account of the resemblance of its covering to the fur of the ermine; also applied to certain white bombycid moths of America.

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- The stoat (Mustela erminea), also known as the Eurasian ermine or ermine, is a species of mustelid native to Eurasia and the northern regions of North...
- 1880: preoccupied) Danilevskia Kuznetzov, 1970 Dicraniana Diakonoff, 1984 Erminea Kirby & Spence, 1826 Erminia (lapsus) Hedulia Heinrich, 1926 Kenneliola...
- Lepiota erminea, commonly known as the dune dapperling, is a species of agaric fungus in the family Agaricaceae. It is found in Europe and North America...
- family Nymphalidae. Its sole species is Apaturina erminea, the turquoise emperor. Apaturina erminea has a wingspan of about 70 millimetres (2.8 in), and...
- Clemensia erminea is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by William Schaus in 1896. It is found in the Brazilian states of São Paulo and Paraná...
- conspecific with the stoat (M. erminea), but a 2021 study found it to be a distinct species, forming distinct genetic clades from erminea. The finding has been...
- Wiedemannia erminea is a species of dance flies, in the fly family Empididae. Mik, Josef (1887). "Diagnosen neuer Dipteren". Wiener Entomologische Zeitung...
- Cerura erminea is a moth of the family Notodontidae, also known as the lesser puss moth or feline. It is found in Europe. The length of the forewings...
- different coat colors. The arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) and the stoat (Mustela erminea) have fur that changes from white and dense in the winter to brown and...
- aistoodonnivalis) Mountain weasel (M. altaica) Stoat/Beringian ermine (M. erminea) Haida ermine (M. haidarum) Yellow-bellied weasel (M. kathiah) Least weasel...