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ferret

noun verb

Domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits

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Word Facts

Word length
6
Starts with
F
Ends with
T
Contains
ER
Scrabble score
9

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noun

  1. Domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits

noun

  1. Musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct

verb

  1. Search and discover through persistent investigation

    “She ferreted out the truth”

verb

  1. Hunt with ferrets

verb

  1. Hound or harry relentlessly

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She ferreted out the truth

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