| Black-footed ferret | n. a weasellike mammal (Mustela nigripes) inhabiting the western North American prairie, having dark feet, a dark-tipped tail, and a dark face on a yellowish-brown coat. It is an endangered species. [ PJC ] |
| Ferret | n. [ F. furet, cf. LL. furo; prob. fr. L. fur thief (cf. Furtive); cf. Arm. fur wise, sly. ] (Zool.) An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela furo syn. Putorius furo), about fourteen inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color, with red eyes. It is a native of Africa, but has been domesticated in Europe. Ferrets are used to drive rabbits and rats out of their holes. They are sometimes kept as pets. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ] |
| Ferret | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ferreted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ferreting. ] [ Cf. F. fureter. See Ferret, n. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ferret | n. [ Ital. foretto, dim. of fiore flower; or F. fleuret. Cf. Floret. ] A kind of narrow tape, usually made of woolen; sometimes of cotton or silk; -- called also ferreting. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ferret | n. [ F. feret, dim. or fer iron, L. ferrum. ] (Glass Making) 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ferreter | n. One who ferrets. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ferret-eye | n. (Zool.) The spur-winged goose; -- so called from the red circle around the eyes. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ferretto | n. [ It. ferretto di Spagna, dim. of ferro iron, fr. L. ferrum. ] Copper sulphide, used to color glass. Hebert. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 查看 | [chá kàn, ㄔㄚˊ ㄎㄢˋ, 查 看] to look over; to examine; check up; ferret out #3,988 [Add to Longdo] |
| 揭露 | [jiē lù, ㄐㄧㄝ ㄌㄨˋ, 揭 露] to expose; to unmask; to ferret out #8,575 [Add to Longdo] |
| 查获 | [chá huò, ㄔㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ, 查 获 / 查 獲] to investigate and capture (a criminal); to ferret out; to hunt down and arrest #8,889 [Add to Longdo] |
| 清查 | [qīng chá, ㄑㄧㄥ ㄔㄚˊ, 清 查] to investigate thoroughly; to carefully inspect; to verify; to ferret out (undesirable elements) #13,316 [Add to Longdo] |
| 猸 | [méi, ㄇㄟˊ, 猸] used for ferret, badger or mongoose; variant of 獴 mongoose, See also: 獴 #276,810 [Add to Longdo] |
| 雪貂 | [xuě diāo, ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄉㄧㄠ, 雪 貂] ferret [Add to Longdo] |
| フェレット | [feretto] (n) (See 白鼬) ferret; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 洗い立てる | [あらいたてる, araitateru] (v1, vt) (1) to examine closely; to check up on; to ferret out; (2) to wash carefully [Add to Longdo] |
| 探し出す | [さがしだす, sagashidasu] (v5s, vt) to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up [Add to Longdo] |
| 白鼬;白イタチ | [しろいたち(白鼬);しろイタチ(白イタチ), shiroitachi ( shiro itachi ); shiro itachi ( shiro itachi )] (n) (See 鼬) ferret; fitch [Add to Longdo] |
| 鼬;鼬鼠 | [いたち;イタチ, itachi ; itachi] (n) (1) (uk) weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); (2) mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, inc. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |
| 鼬穴熊 | [いたちあなぐま;イタチアナグマ, itachianaguma ; itachianaguma] (n) (uk) ferret badger (esp. the Chinese ferret-badger, Melogale moschata) [Add to Longdo] |
