Sable vs. Stoat

Sablenoun

(countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur (Wikipedia).

Sablenoun

(countable) The marten, especially Martes americana (syn. Mustela americana).

Sablenoun

The fur or pelt of the sable or other species of martens; a coat made from this fur.

Sablenoun

(countable) An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable (Wikipedia).

Sablenoun

(tincture) A black colour on a coat of arms (Wikipedia).

Sablenoun

A dark brown colour, resembling the fur of some sables.

Sablenoun

Black garments, especially worn in mourning.

Sableadjective

Of the black colour sable.

Sableadjective

(tincture): In blazon, of the colour black.

Sableadjective

Made of sable fur.

Sableadjective

Dark, somber.

Sableadjective

Dark-skinned; black.

Sablenoun

A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela zibellina) native of the northern latitudes of Europe, Asia, and America, - noted for its fine, soft, and valuable fur.

Sablenoun

The fur of the sable.

Sablenoun

A mourning garment; a funeral robe; - generally in the plural.

Sablenoun

The tincture black; - represented by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other.

Sableadjective

Of the color of the sable's fur; dark; black; - used chiefly in poetry.

Sableverb

To render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black.

Sablenoun

an artist's brush made of sable hair

Sablenoun

the expensive dark brown fur of the marten

Sablenoun

a very dark black

Sablenoun

a scarf (or trimming) made of sable

Sablenoun

marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur

Sableadjective

dark somewhat brownish black

Sable

The sable (Martes zibellina) is a species of marten, a small omnivorous mammal primarily inhabiting the forest environments of Russia, from the Ural Mountains throughout Siberia, and northern Mongolia. Its habitat also borders eastern Kazakhstan, China, North Korea and Hokkaidō, Japan.

Stoatnoun

, the ermine or short-tailed weasel, a mustelid native to Eurasia and North America, distinguished from the least weasel by its larger size and longer tail with a prominent black tip.

Stoatnoun

The ermine in its summer pelage, when it is reddish brown, but with a black tip to the tail. The name is sometimes applied also to other brown weasels.

Stoatnoun

the ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail

Stoat

The stoat or short-tailed weasel (Mustela erminea), also known as the Eurasian ermine, Beringian ermine, or simply just ermine, is a mustelid native to Eurasia and the northern portions of North America. Because of its wide circumpolar distribution, it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.The name ermine is used for species in the genus Mustela, especially the stoat, in its pure white winter coat, or the fur thereof.Introduced in the late 19th century into New Zealand to control rabbits, the stoat has had a devastating effect on native bird populations.