ferret
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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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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.
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.
he had a quick 'ferret' around
Directors always see something in you that you have to kind of 'ferret' out, in a way.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lists the black-footed 'ferret' as an endangered species.
she had the ability to 'ferret' out the facts
The wild black-footed 'ferret' , indigenous to North America, is an endangered species.
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 black-footed 'ferret' has come a long way since the late 1970s, when many people feared that it was extinct.
The predators included 13 raptors, ranging from great-horned owls to the American kestrel, and a domestic cat and a 'ferret' .
she had the ability to 'ferret' out the facts
The black-footed 'ferret' , swift fox, mountain plover, ferruginous hawk, burrowing owl, and other species are dependent upon prairie dogs to varying degrees.
Mr Smith then visited Saudi Arabia twice trying to 'ferret' the truth out of the authorities.
Rats, stoats, 'ferrets' , cats, and possums have decimated native animals that were unaccustomed to mammalian predators.
This is not the way search engines work right now, where they generally search for phrases or words in the entire content of the pages they can see, 'ferreting' around in more of a rummage than a skilled and honed inquiry.
We tried everything but could never keep up with the steady flow of dogs, cats, rabbits, 'ferrets' , hamsters etc.
When the food supplies dwindled, they 'ferreted' around for root vegetables, insects and anything else that can be eaten.
But they also can treat pets like birds, 'ferrets' and rabbits.
The survey also featured 2,273 rabbits, 1,757 hamsters, 482 parrots and macaws, 233 'ferrets' , 81 donkeys and 47 newts and salamanders.
We 'ferreted' several warrens, and thus several breeding groups, in each capture area.
You could have possums, chamois, 'ferrets' , stoats, flopsy bunnykins and even the common cat.
Fishers are among the least understood of the weasel family, or mustelids, which also includes martens, minks, ermines, 'ferrets' , badgers, otters, and wolverines.
Domestic 'ferrets' are generally believed to be descended from the European polecat; and they were originally used as hunting animals to catch rabbits and rodents.
Katherine and Kyla 'ferreted' around the racks looking for good clothes.
The main purveyor is the 'ferrety' Draco Malfoy, who brings a particularly Aryan look to his baleful glare and assorted discriminations.
In one case, at Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana, plague wiped out both prairie dogs and 'ferrets' completely.
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.
Protecting endangered species, such as rare 'ferrets' from birds of prey is another, wrote the researchers.
There's the Smoking Gun, which 'ferrets' around to find court documents and police mugshots relating to major, usually celebrity-related cases.
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.
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