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Definition of European ferret

European ferret
Polecat Pole"cat`, n. [Probably fr. F. poule hen, and originally, a poultry cat, because it feeds on poultry. See Poultry.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius f[oe]tidus). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret. (b) The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied species.
European ferret
Foumart Fou"mart`, n. [OE. folmard, fulmard; AS. f?l foul + mear?, meard, marten: cf. F. marte, martre. See Foul, a., and Marten the quadruped.] (Zo["o]l.) The European polecat; -- called also European ferret, and fitchew. See Polecat. [Written also foulmart, foulimart, and fulimart.]

Meaning of European ferret from wikipedia

- domesticated form of the wild European polecat (Mustela ****rius), as evidenced by the ferret's ability to interbreed with European polecats and produce hybrid...
- black-footed ferret (1) and European polecat (2), as illustrated in Merriam's Synopsis of the Weasels of North America Comparative illustration of a European polecat...
- central North America. The black-footed ferret is roughly the size of a mink and is similar in appearance to the European polecat and the Asian steppe polecat...
- A Ferret mission is a covert aerial reconnaissance mission that detects the frequencies and strength of radar, in other countries. The name originates...
- A polecat–ferret hybrid is a hybrid between a wild European polecat (Mustela ****rius) and a domesticated ferret (Mustela furo). Offspring of such a cross...
- Chinese ferret-badger (Melogale moschata) Formosan ferret-badger (Melogale subaurantiaca) Javan ferret-badger (Melogale orientalis) Burmese ferret-badger...
- and Central Asia) American polecat (Black-footed ferret) M. nigripes (Southwest United States) European polecat, M. ****rius (Western Eurasia and North...
- (genera Meles and Arctonyx) including the European badger, five species of Helictidinae (genus Melogale) or ferret-badger, the honey badger or ratel Mellivorinae...
- The weasel war dance is a colloquial term for the behavior of excited ferrets and other members of the weasel subfamily. Naturalists speculate that weasels...
- largely arboreal, while European badgers dig extensive tunnel networks, called setts. Only one mustelid has been domesticated; the ferret. Tayra are also kept...