flat-beaded

Updated: May 4, 2025

The polecat stood quite still, with his long back arched, his sturdy, short forepaws anchored tense, and his short, rounded ears alert, and watched it come, not because he wanted to, but because there did not happen to be any cover thereabouts, and to move might give him away. When he saw that the beast was long and low, and short-legged and flat-beaded, his long outer fur began to bristle.

F. St. Mars - The Way of the Wild