כַּרְכּוּשְׁתָּא, (v. כַּרְכֵּשׁ I) weasel. Targ. Y. Lev. XI, 29 (h. text חלד).—B. Mets. 85ᵃ בני כ׳ young weasels (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. for correct vers.). Snh. 105ᵃ (prov.) כ׳ ושונרא וכ׳ weasel and cat (making peace) feast on the fat of the luckless. Meg. 14ᵇ (translation of Huldah), v. חוּלְדָּה III.—[B. Kam. 52ᵃ, v. כַּרְכַּשְׁתָּא I.]