Another word for weasel | Synonyms for weasel

Another word for weasel

noun

One who behaves in a stealthy, furtive way:

prowler, sneak, sneaker. See move

verb

To use evasive or deliberately vague language:

equivocate, euphemize, hedge, shuffle, tergiversate. (Informal) pussyfoot, waffle. Idioms: beat about (or around) the bush, mince words. See clear

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Lastly, the weasel, mouse and most lizards were taboo.
The otter, martin and badger may be mentioned among the rarer wild animals, and the weasel, ermine and pole-cat among the more common.
Only a few animals are common to the entire country, such as the hare (Lepus timidus) and the weasel; although certain others may be added if the high mountain region be left out of consideration, such as the squirrel, fox and various shrews.
Long, but very like an enormous weasel, and attacks other animals with the greatest ferocity.
More lately she has by some been conjecturally recognized in a doubtful, though Leonardesque, portrait of a lady with a weasel in the Czartoryski collection at Prague.

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