weasel

donnola

Piccolo animale carnivoro con corpo lungo e sottile, zampe corte e pelo morbido.

In inglese semplice: A small meat-eating animal with a long thin body, short legs, and soft fur.

• A weasel ran across the path.
• Weasels hunt mice and other small animals.
• The farmer found a weasel near the chicken shed.

Espressioni comuni: wild weasel, weasel fur, weasel hunts mice

viscido, mascalzone

Persona che si comporta in modo disonesto e di cui non ci si può fidare.

In inglese semplice: A person who behaves dishonestly and cannot be trusted.

• That weasel lied to us.
• Don't trust him; he's a sneaky weasel.
• She called the man a weasel after he betrayed her.

Sinonimi: rat, sneak

Espressioni comuni: little weasel, sneaky weasel, lying weasel

donnola comune

La specie più piccola di donnola, dal corpo lungo e sottile, solitamente marrone sopra e bianco sotto.

In inglese semplice: The smallest kind of this long, thin hunting animal, usually brown above and white underneath.

• The least weasel hunts small rodents.
• This weasel weighs less than most other members of its family.
• Scientists studied the weasel population in the grassland.

Sinonimi: least weasel, common weasel

Espressioni comuni: least weasel, weasel population, weasel habitat