Users Also Read
Picture Dictionary
English to Afrikaans
English to Arabic
English to Bengali
English to Chinese
English to English
English to French
English to German
English to Gujarati
English to Hindi
English to Italian
English to Japanese
English to Kannada
English to Korean
English to Malayalam
English to Marathi
English to Nepali
English to Portuguese
English to Punjabi
English to Russian
English to Spanish
English to Swedish
English to Tamil
English to Telugu
English to Thai
English to Turkish
English to Urdu
Word | Ferret |
Italian Meaning | furetto, cacciare col furetto, frugare, indagare |
ferret of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct / domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits / An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela / 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. / drive or hunt out of hiding / a domesticated polecat kept as a pet or used, especially in Europe, for catching rabbits. It is typically albino or brown. / a: a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat b: black-footed ferret / an active and persistent searcher / to hunt with ferrets / to search about / a(1): to hunt (as rabbits) with ferrets (2): to force out of hiding : flush b: to find and bring to light by searching —usually used with out ferret out the answers / harry, worry / a narrow cotton, silk, or wool tape —called also ferreting, | |
Usage | ⇒ Ferrets are raised by many farmers to rid their fields of vermins like rats etc ⇒ She ferreted out their secret. ⇒ Fishers are among the least understood of the weasel family, or mustelids, which also includes martens, minks, ermines, ferrets , badgers, otters, and wolverines. |
Synonyms | hunt, search, polecat, search out, seek, weasel, cat, hunt down, root, skunk, track down, unearth, Mustela nigripes, antelope, bear, cavy, elephant, hare, hedgehog, horse, |
Antonyms | |
|