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| fer·ret [ férrət ] |
noun (plural fer·rets or fer·ret) |
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1. domesticated polecat: a typically albino polecat bred for use in hunting rabbits or rats and kept as a pet. Latin name Mustela eversmanni.
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2. U.S. zoology
Same as black-footed ferret
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3. persistent searcher: a persistent searcher or investigator
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle fer·ret·ed, present participle fer·ret·ing, 3rd person present singular fer·rets) |
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hunt with ferret: to hunt rabbits or rats using a ferret
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| [14th century. Via Old French furet< assumed Vulgar Latin furittus "little thief" < Latin fur "thief"] |
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  fer·ret·er noun |
| fer·ret·y adjective |
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