erminette

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noun

The fur of a white rabbit, sheared to resemble ermine.

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Meanings

erminette1

nounerminette (countable and uncountable, plural erminettes)

plural erminettes

  1. countabledateduncountableThe fur of a white rabbit, sheared to resemble ermine.

    But Teddy knew too much of the fur at "Finney's"; the coney-seal, the sable-dyed-squirrel, the erminettes, the beaverines; […]

    1915, Evelyn May Clowes Wiehe, The Rose of Youth (page 12)

Erminette2

nounErminette (plural Erminettes)

plural Erminettes

  1. Any of various breeds of poultry having black and white feathers.

Origin

From ermine + -ette.

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APA

erminette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erminette

MLA

“erminette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erminette. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “erminette,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erminette.

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