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It's totally different from a weasel! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stoat

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'a weasel' is the definition.
(I know that stoat is a type of Mustela erminea)

'it's totally different from' is the wordplay.
'totally different' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'from' becomes 'oat' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ts' anagrammed gives 'st'.
'st'+'oat'='STOAT'

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(Other definitions for stoat that I've seen before include "Source of ermine" , "European ermine" , "Small carnivore" , "Small carnivorous mammal of the weasel family" , "Eating rabbit, he" .)

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