ferret
hurón
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.
translation of 'ferret'
verb
buscar
noun
hurón
example
she had the ability to 'ferret' out the facts
The wild black-footed 'ferret' , indigenous to North America, is an endangered species.
Directors always see something in you that you have to kind of 'ferret' out, in a way.
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
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.
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.
Mr Smith then visited Saudi Arabia twice trying to 'ferret' the truth out of the authorities.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lists the black-footed 'ferret' as 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 predators included 13 raptors, ranging from great-horned owls to the American kestrel, and a domestic cat and a 'ferret' .
The black-footed 'ferret' has come a long way since the late 1970s, when many people feared that it was extinct.
she had the ability to 'ferret' out the facts
If there's a story that has any connection with the Super Bowl, 'it will be ferreted out' by 3,000 newspaper, radio and TV people.
While domestic ferrets are common pets, black-footed 'ferrets' , are one of North America's most endangered mammals.
While most of us are all too willing to cuddle guinea pigs, rabbits, gerbils, pet mice and even 'ferrets' , brown rats produce a reaction of almost universal revulsion.
He was 'ferreting' around for his cash when one of them allegedly spotted a bobby on patrol, and as he made himself look inconspicuous they swapped the laptop case for another.
What we don't need is a witch hunt against the American people, 'ferreting' through their private lives or detaining them because of their ethnicity.
Fishers are among the least understood of the weasel family, or mustelids, which also includes martens, minks, ermines, 'ferrets' , badgers, otters, and wolverines.
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.
I just 'ferreted' this hole as I wanted to find out where all the bolt holes were before I gassed it, and as I had the nets in my pocket I thought ...why not!
And everybody knows that they do it, and you try to 'ferret it out' , because we're supposed to try to find things based upon the truth.
As if any time spent by reporters 'ferreting' out the truth - and by Congress overseeing - would otherwise be spent tossing sandbags on the levee, disinfecting the Superdome, or driving evacuees to Houston.
The group has worked on a number of projects including forensic searches for illegally killed wolves in Montana and presence-detection of black footed 'ferrets' in Montana and South Dakota.
But Sid wasn't really the type that offered up information easily, preferring to have his barmates 'ferret it out' of him.
Two grown adults 'ferreting' among the shrubbery, shaking various boxes of favourite food and calling daft pet names into the darkness… to no avail.
Black-footed 'ferrets' evolved with prairie dogs in this once-vast but now beleaguered landscape.
Even if you don't like the story, you have to respect his sheer investigative skill in 'ferreting it out' .
The main purveyor is the 'ferrety' Draco Malfoy, who brings a particularly Aryan look to his baleful glare and assorted discriminations.
There's the Smoking Gun, which 'ferrets' around to find court documents and police mugshots relating to major, usually celebrity-related cases.
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