ferret
noun/ˈferɪt/
/ˈferɪt/
- a small aggressive animal with a long thin body, kept for catching rabbits, killing rats, etc.Topics Animalsc2Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French fuiret, alteration of fuiron, based on late Latin furo ‘thief, ferret’, from Latin fur ‘thief’.
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