ferreter

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A person who hunts with ferrets
One who ferrets
{i} one who hunts with a ferret; one who carefully searches for
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A mammal rather like a weasel, but which was originally bred from the polecat and often trained to hunt rats or rabbits in England
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{n} a small animal, a silk tape
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{v} to drive out
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To hunt game with ferrets
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ferret of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct
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A mammal, Mustela putorius furo, rather like a weasel, but which was originally bred from the polecat and often trained to hunt rats or rabbits in England
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To uncover and bring to light by searching; usually to ferret out
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hound or harry relentlessly
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If you ferret about for something, you look for it in a lot of different places or in a place where it is hidden. She nonetheless continued to ferret about for possible jobs She ferreted among some papers. = search. Either of two species in the carnivore family Mustelidae. The common ferret (Mustela putorius furo) is a domesticated form of the European polecat. It has a long, lithe body and is brown, black, or white (albino). Its average length is 20 in. (51 cm), including the 5-in. (13-cm) tail, and it weighs about 2 lbs (1 kg). It was originally domesticated for hunting mice, rats, and rabbits; today ferrets are commonly kept as pets. The black-footed ferret (M. nigripes), of the North American plains, has a black mask across the eyes and brownish black markings on the feet and tail tip. It is an endangered species, owing to the loss of its main source of food, the prairie dog
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{i} small mammal which is bred for hunting rabbits and rats, domesticated variety of the polecat; thin ribbon of cotton or silk (for binding or trimming)
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The iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work, and for shaping the rings at the mouths of bottles
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search and discover through persistent investigation; "She ferreted out the truth"
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It is a native of Africa, but has been domesticated in Europe
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domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits
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A ferret is a small, fierce animal which is used for hunting rabbits and rats
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To drive or hunt out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts; often used with out; as, to ferret out a secret
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hunt with ferrets
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domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits hunt with ferrets hound or harry relentlessly
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Ferrets are used to drive rabbits and rats out of their holes
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{f} hunt with a ferret; drive out; worry; investigate; search about; find, discover (after searching)
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An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela or Putorius furo), about fourteen inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color, with red eyes
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A kind of narrow tape, usually made of woolen; sometimes of cotton or silk; called also ferreting
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