ferrets
Domesticated weasel relatives
Ferrets are small, slender mammals with long bodies, domesticated from wild polecats and kept as pets or for hunting rabbits.
To ferret something out is to search persistently until you find it, like a ferret flushing prey from a burrow: She ferreted out the truth about his past.
Someone who ferrets around is poking through things looking for information.
Small elongated predator
- mustelidWeasel family member
- cageBarred confinement structure
- hammockHanging fabric bed
- playfulInclined toward fun
mischievous · nippy · musky · albino · sable · domesticated · furry · whiskers
weasel
Small elongated predator
playful · mischievous · nippy · musky · albino · sable · domesticated · furry · whiskers · slender
rummage
Search unsystematically through clutter
hunt down · nose around · snoop · investigate · seek · probe · delve · discover · find · track down
rabbiting
Hunting hares' smaller cousins
warren · prey · gamekeeper · muzzle · working · liner · locator · nets · dispatch · quarry
- carnivoransdogs, cats, wolves, foxes, bears
- animal testinglab mice, animal testing, lab rats, vivisection, experimentation
- mammalsbears, bats, sheep, cats, anteater
- petsdog, dogs, cats, puppy, kitten
- wildlifewhite-tailed deer, birds, mammals, elephant, reptiles
- domesticated animalscow, dogs, pig, cats, horses
- ferret outFind through determined searching
- ferreted aroundSearched by rummaging thoroughly
- ferret aroundSearch by digging through
- ferreting aroundSearching by rummaging persistently
- ferret aboutSearch by poking around
- ferret cageEnclosure for pet mustelids