ferret

Meaning

1. An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.
2. A black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes).
3. A diligent searcher.

black-footed ferret

Mustela nigripes

fitchew

to ferret away

to ferret out

to go ferreting

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɛɹɪt/

From Middle English furet, ferret, from Old French furet, from Vulgar Latin *furittum (“weasel, ferret”), diminutive of Latin fūr (“thief”).

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