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ferret noun1. LME.
[Old French fuiret, (also mod.) furet, by suffix substitution from Old French fu(i)ron, from Proto-Romance, from late Latin furo, furon- thief, ferret, from Latin fur thief: see -ET1.]
A half-tamed variety of polecat, freq. with white or pale fur, kept for driving rabbits from burrows, killing rats, etc. LME.
black-footed ferret a rare mammal, Mustela nigripes, resembling the polecat and native to N. American prairies.
fig. A detective; a person who searches assiduously. E17.
ferrety adjective resembling (that of) a ferret E19.