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What (who) is kolinsky - definition
SPECIES OF MAMMAL
Kolinsky; Mustela sibirica; Siberian Mountain Weasel; Himalayan Weasel; Siberian Weasel; Tartar sable; Siberian mountain weasel; Himalayan weasel
![Kolinski fur [[choker]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kolinsky fur choker 1900-1910.jpg?width=200 "Kolinski fur [[choker]]")
![Exhibit at the [[Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kolonok.JPG?width=200 "Exhibit at the [[Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences]]")
kolinsky
[k?'l?nski]
¦ noun (plural kolinskies) a dark brown bushy-tailed weasel, found from Siberia to Japan. [Mustela sibirica.]
Origin
C19: from Kola, a port in NW Russia, + the pseudo-Russian ending -insky.
Kolinsky
·add. ·noun Among furriers, any of several Asiatic minks; ·esp., Putorius sibiricus, the yellowish brown pelt of which is valued, ·esp. for the tail, used for making artists' brushes. Trade names for the fur are red sable and Tatar sable.
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Siberian weasel
The Siberian weasel or kolonok (Mustela sibirica), is a medium-sized weasel native to Asia, where it is widely distributed and inhabits various forest habitats and open areas. It is therefore listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Examples of use of kolinsky
1. Eva Kolinsky went about her work with missionary zeal, anxious that it should reach the widest audience.
2. Above all Kolinsky was concerned with showing the stages by which Germans, whether individually or in groups, were able to leave behind their pre–1'45 legacies in response to the successive challenges of defeat, reconstruction, reform, terrorism and finally reunification.
3. Kolinsky then moved with her mother to Frankfurt am Main, where she attended the gymnasium and began her studies at university, transferring to the Free University of Berlin after two years.
4. Kolinsky studies of the Turkish and Jewish minorities in Germany both underline the difficulties many Germans have experienced in coming to terms with a cultural mix within the nation–state, at any rate compared with many other Western countries.
5. Nonetheless, Kolinsky insisted, even well–disposed Germans can instinctively regard the most long–established Jews as not quite German, a perception echoed by many in the Jewish population whom she quotes.