Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "Mustela frenata" ita ce kamar haka: Mustela frenata shine sunan kimiyya ga Dogon Tailed Weasel, ƙaramin dabbobi masu cin nama da ke samuwa a Arewacin Amirka. Yana cikin dangin Mustelidae, wanda kuma ya haɗa da dabbobi irin su ferret, otters, da badgers. Weasel mai dogon wutsiya an san shi da tsayi, siririyar jiki, gajeriyar ƙafafu, da doguwar wutsiya, wanda ya kai kusan rabin tsayin jikinsa. Yana da riga mai launin ruwan kasa-kasa a lokacin rani, wanda ya zama fari a lokacin hunturu a wuraren da dusar ƙanƙara ta kasance. Weasel mai dogon wutsiya ƙwararren maharbi ne, kuma abincinsa ya ƙunshi ƙananan rokoki, irin su mice da voles, da kwari, tsuntsaye, da dabbobi masu rarrafe.