ferret : Idioms & Phrases

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black-footed ferret

  • noun musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct
    ferret; Mustela nigripes.
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ferret badger

  • noun small ferret-like badger of southeast Asia
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ferret out

  • verb search and discover through persistent investigation
    ferret.
    • She ferreted out the truth
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ferret-eye

Fer"ret-eye` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The spur-winged goose; -- so called from the red circle around the eyes.
Webster 1913

ferret-sized

  • adjective satellite having the approximate size of a ferret
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