From the same as cheled; a weasel (from its gliding motion) -- weasel.
see HEBREW cheled
H2467. choled
חֹ֫לֶד noun [masculine] weasel (Late Hebrew חוּלְדָּא; Arabic mole or blind-rat, or a species of rat; on formative see LagBN 144) — weasel Leviticus 11:29 (Vrss Ki Thes and others see especially Di; > Saad Bo MV SS Lagl.c. mole).