Ermine

Definitions

1. A weasel found in northern latitudes (Mustela erminea in Eurasia, Alaska, and the Arctic, Mustela haidarum in Haida Gwaii, Mustela richardsonii in the rest of North America); its dark brown fur turns white in winter, apart from the black tip of the tail.
   countable, uncountable
2. The white fur of this animal, traditionally seen as a symbol of purity and used for judges' robes.
   countable, uncountable
3. The office of a judge.
   broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable
4. The fur of this animal, used as a heraldic tincture: a white field with a repeating pattern of stylized black spots.
   countable, uncountable
5. Any of various moths, especially in the family Yponomeutidae
   countable, uncountable

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