ferreting

noun

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

musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States

verb

search and discover through persistent investigation

hunt with ferrets

hound or harry relentlessly

Roots

furferret- · Latin · thief

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