ferret
தேடிப்பிடித்து
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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The wild black-footed 'ferret' , indigenous to North America, is an endangered species.
Mr Smith then visited Saudi Arabia twice trying to 'ferret' the truth out of the authorities.
Directors always see something in you that you have to kind of 'ferret' out, in a way.
she had the ability to 'ferret' out the facts
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.
she had the ability to 'ferret' out the facts
The predators included 13 raptors, ranging from great-horned owls to the American kestrel, and a domestic cat and a 'ferret' .
he had a quick 'ferret' around
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.
The black-footed 'ferret' , swift fox, mountain plover, ferruginous hawk, burrowing owl, and other species are dependent upon prairie dogs to varying degrees.
The black-footed 'ferret' has come a long way since the late 1970s, when many people feared that it was extinct.
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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lists the black-footed 'ferret' as an endangered species.
Protecting endangered species, such as rare 'ferrets' from birds of prey is another, wrote the researchers.
Bourne 'ferrets' ceaselessly away through all this, uncloseting all sorts of complex CIA skeletons that would - and did - take a thick Robert Ludlum novel to detail.
These areas provide critical habitat for sage grouse, black-footed 'ferrets' , swift foxes and black - tailed prairie dogs, whose plight NWF has brought to the forefront.
Any 'ferreter' will tell you about the rabbits that have slipped through nets or used undiscovered bolt holes.
Scientists estimate the 'ferrets' once occupied prairie dog towns spread between northern Mexico and southern Canada and west from the Rocky Mountains into the Great Plains.
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.
Fishers are among the least understood of the weasel family, or mustelids, which also includes martens, minks, ermines, 'ferrets' , badgers, otters, and wolverines.
Europeans arrived in the early 1800s, bringing with them mustelids (stoats, 'ferrets' , and weasels), cats, and two more species of rats.
You could have possums, chamois, 'ferrets' , stoats, flopsy bunnykins and even the common cat.
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.
Even if you don't like the story, you have to respect his sheer investigative skill in 'ferreting it out' .
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.
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 probably meant to sound authoritative, but only succeeded in sounding 'ferrety' .
Black-footed 'ferrets' evolved with prairie dogs in this once-vast but now beleaguered landscape.
There's definitely a gap in the fashion market for guinea pigs, 'ferrets' and hamsters.
Yet nothing will deter my teams of trained stoats, 'ferrets' and weasels from carrying out my orders and enabling me to achieve ultimate power.
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