plural of Ermin

Obsolete form of ermine.

(heraldry) A tincture consisting of a black background with ermine shapes in white

plural of ermine moth

A white moth with black spots (especially Yponomeuta padella of Europe). / Any of the family Yponomeutidae. / Any of certain white bombycid moths of America.

plural of bird-cherry ermine

An ermine moth, Yponomeuta evonymella, whose caterpillars build nets that can cover whole bird cherry trees.