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ferret

verb bring to light, dig out, discover, disinter, elicit, find, fish out, hunt, look for, rimari, root out, search, seek, trace, track down, unearth
Associated concepts: ferret out a crime

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"They would need a large indoor cage with time out each day to explore or could live outdoors as part of a group of ferrets in a large enclosure.

GIVE A PET A HOME: Meet the ferrets from the RSPCA

Being friendly, fun loving and highly inquisitive but relatively inexpensive pets to feed and keep ferrets make great family pets.

Gen up on jills' reproductive system

"There's big business in selling ferrets, as there's a large perceived demand today.

Ferret Category Presents Opportunity to Boost Sales

The susceptibility of ferrets to influenza virus infection has been known for nearly a century.

Ferrets as Models for Influenza Virus Transmission Studies and Pandemic Risk Assessments

FERRETS are the latest pet craze sweeping the country as their fun and mischievous nature has seen demand soar, an expert has claimed.

FERRET CRAZE; Number of 'mischievous mammals' being kept as pets soars in Ireland

When it comes to finding an unusual pet, ferrets tick many boxes.

A ferret is fur life; ..not just fur Christmas, so think carefully before buying one as a pet, says expert

Wilson was among several dozen ferrets who participated in the Lane Area Ferret Shelter and Rescue's 23rd annual Ferret Agility Trials, held Sunday afternoon at Emerald Park in west Eugene.

Ferreting out the best of the best

BALB/c mice (female, 8-10 weeks of age) from Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, ME, USA) and Fitch ferrets (Mustela putorius furo, male or female, 6 to 12 months of age) from Triple F Farms (Sayre, PA, USA) were housed in cage units and fed ad libitum.

Generation of Monoclonal Antibodies against Immunoglobulin Proteins of the Domestic Ferret (Mustela putorius furo)

The animal rescue centre has seven "fun and friendly" ferrets looking for new homes.

Ferreting around for a pet?

One of these is distributing medicine to endangered real life ferrets via air drops.

Drones to drop medicine-laced MandMs for endangered ferrets

The aircraft that these intrepid airmen created were referred to as ferrets.

Ferret: evolution of a design concept

NEW YORK -- After gaining ground as pets in much of the U.S., ferrets still can't legally be at home in its biggest city.