ferret
noun /ˈferɪt/
/ˈferɪt/
- a small aggressive animal with a long thin body, kept for catching rabbits, killing rats, etc.
Topics Animalsc2雪貂(身体细长,饲养用于驱兔灭鼠) 词源late Middle English: from Old French fuiret, alteration of fuiron, based on late Latin furo ‘thief, ferret’, from Latin fur ‘thief’.