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the Flag of Brittany

Hermine (French for stoat) in heraldry refers to a black-on-white symbol used as a symbol for the Bretagne.

See also ermine.

also: (Germanic) female version of "Herman"

The above is now merged into the Ermine article.
Urhixidur 16:40, 2005 Mar 25 (UTC)