1. Petit animal du genre des martres, dont on se sert pour prendre des lapins, et qui va les chercher dans leur terrier.
2. Personne indiscrète, qui furète.
(Homonym: ferrate).
Domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits.
Domesticated variety of the Old World polecat.
About 35 cm/1.2 ft long, it usually has yellowish-white fur and pink eyes, but may be the dark brown color of a wild polecat.
Ferrets may breed with wild polecats. They have been used since ancient times to hunt rabbits and rats.