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Meanings of Mustela putorius in English

Russian
лесные хорьки
Portuguese
tourão
Spanish
mustela putorius
Catalan
mustela putorius anglia
Wikidata

Species of mustelid.

        Related terms
        лесные хорьки
        Portuguese
        toirão
        Catalan
        furó
        Spanish
        mustela putorius

        Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened.

              toirão
              Synonyms
              Examples for "ferret"
              Examples for "ferret"
              1
              A German in a similar position is a sort of human ferret.
              The Land of Deepening Shadow: Germany-at-War
              2
              The intelligence people were dispatched to ferret out any possible plots here.
              A journey: my political life
              3
              Pug went the nearest way to blood; went in at ferret's hole.
              It Is Never Too Late to Mend
              4
              Just then the face of the ferret man appeared at the door.
              The Lion's Mouse
              5
              We took the lined ferret with us, and started after the pheasant.
              The Amateur Poacher
              Usage of Mustela putorius in English
              1
              The domestic ferret ( Mustela putorius furo) has proven to be a useful species for modeling human genetic and infectious diseases of the lung and brain.
              Pubmed