ferret
ಫೆರೆಟ್
definition
verb
Their excuse, said Mr Evans, was that they were visiting Cumbria for rabbiting and ferreting - an implausible explanation at a time when people were not allowed on to farmland because of the foot-and-mouth epidemic.
(of a person) hunt with ferrets, typically for rabbits.
noun
Fishers are among the least understood of the weasel family, or mustelids, which also includes martens, minks, ermines, ferrets , badgers, otters, and wolverines.
a domesticated polecat kept as a pet or used, especially in Europe, for catching rabbits. It is typically albino or brown.
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Mr Smith then visited Saudi Arabia twice trying to 'ferret' the truth out of the authorities.
he had a quick 'ferret' around
she had the ability to 'ferret' out the facts
she had the ability to 'ferret' out the facts
The black-footed 'ferret' has come a long way since the late 1970s, when many people feared that it was extinct.
Directors always see something in you that you have to kind of 'ferret' out, in a way.
The wild black-footed 'ferret' , indigenous to North America, is an endangered species.
The black-footed 'ferret' , swift fox, mountain plover, ferruginous hawk, burrowing owl, and other species are dependent upon prairie dogs to varying degrees.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lists the black-footed 'ferret' as an endangered species.
The good folks at the American Physical Society have noticed this, and have even initiated a contest to help 'ferret' out the reason for the equation's appearance.
Opposite me sat a man with a 'ferret' or stoat (I'm not sure of the difference) sitting in the inside pocket of his jacket, from where it surveyed the rest of the carriage as he stroked its silky head.
The predators included 13 raptors, ranging from great-horned owls to the American kestrel, and a domestic cat and a 'ferret' .
Each day he and his small team 'ferret' out the wholesale price of produce, a difficult task, given that transactions between producers and wholesalers aren't disclosed and prices aren't displayed.
Black-footed 'ferrets' evolved with prairie dogs in this once-vast but now beleaguered landscape.
But Sid wasn't really the type that offered up information easily, preferring to have his barmates 'ferret it out' of him.
In one case, at Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana, plague wiped out both prairie dogs and 'ferrets' completely.
Protecting endangered species, such as rare 'ferrets' from birds of prey is another, wrote the researchers.
But they also can treat pets like birds, 'ferrets' and rabbits.
Although Jones looks like a pug-faced baby and Watkins is all lean, 'ferrety' anxiety, they could almost be brothers.
There's the Smoking Gun, which 'ferrets' around to find court documents and police mugshots relating to major, usually celebrity-related cases.
Other species of animals used include hamsters, gerbils, 'ferrets' , horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, reptiles, and amphibians.
Yet nothing will deter my teams of trained stoats, 'ferrets' and weasels from carrying out my orders and enabling me to achieve ultimate power.
They had a cleaning lady come and clean most of the time, and Sara was always 'ferreting' around, trying to make the house look like an interior designing magazine, which again made me mad.
As mustelids - stoats, 'ferrets' and weasels - were highly mobile and curious, it would be expected that if there were stoats on the island they would have encountered one of the tunnels or traps in their travels.
You could have possums, chamois, 'ferrets' , stoats, flopsy bunnykins and even the common cat.
The main purveyor is the 'ferrety' Draco Malfoy, who brings a particularly Aryan look to his baleful glare and assorted discriminations.
Two grown adults 'ferreting' among the shrubbery, shaking various boxes of favourite food and calling daft pet names into the darkness… to no avail.
Saw the article about saving black-footed 'ferrets' in Mexico [‘New Chance for Ferrets’]?
When the 'ferreter' slips his charge into the warren and watches it slide into the darkness, his face is full of a tender anxiety and an eager prayer for success.
So the issues don't get driven by the elected officials inside the institution, and I think that's one of the reasons that the press doesn't necessarily 'ferret them out' .
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