ferret
/ˈfɛɹɪt/ noun B2- An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the European polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.
- A black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes).
- A diligent searcher.
Plural ferrets
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Lestrade, lean and ferret-like as ever, was standing by the doorway, and greeted my companion and myself.
She’ll get me executed, as sure as ferrets are ferrets!
He was a strange little ferret-like man, with white eyelashes, and when I looked up at him I found his keen grey eyes fixed upon me with an amused expression.
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