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Muskrat vs Ferret - What's the difference?

muskrat | ferret |

As nouns the difference between muskrat and ferret

is that muskrat is a large aquatic rodent; species: Ondatra zibethicus while ferret is an often domesticated mammal rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.

As a verb ferret is

to hunt game with ferrets.

muskrat

English

(wikipedia muskrat)

Alternative forms

* musk-rat

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large aquatic rodent; .

    • Derived terms

    * muskrat trap * muskrat-weed

    Synonyms

    * musquash, musk shrew

    External links

    * (wikipedia) * (Ondatra zibethicus) * (Ondatra zibethicus)

    ferret

    English

    (wikipedia ferret)

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) furet, ferret, from (etyl) firet, furet, diminutive of (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An often domesticated mammal rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.
  • The (black-footed ferret), .
  • A diligent searcher.
    • Synonyms
    * (domesticated polecat) Mustela putorius furo

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hunt game with ferrets.
  • To uncover and bring to light by searching; usually to ferret out .
  • * Shakespeare
    • Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him.
  • * 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
    • She ferreted in her bag; then held it up mouth downwards; then fumbled in her lap, all so vigorously that Charles Steele in the Panama hat suspended his paint-brush.

    See also

    *

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) fioretto

    Noun

  • (dated) A tape of silk, cotton, or ribbon, used to tie documents, clothing, etc. or along the edge of fabric.
  • * Charles Dickens, Bleak House
    • red tape and green ferret
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