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Topic: ANIMALS

Date: 1100-1200
Language: Old French
Origin: , perhaps from Medieval Latin mus Armenius 'Armenian mouse'

ermine

 noun
     
er‧mine
1 [uncountable]DCTI an expensive white fur, used especially for the formal clothes of judges, kings, and queens
2 [countable]HBA a small animal whose fur is white in winter
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