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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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ferret1 half-tamed variety of pole-cat. XIV. — OF.
fuiret, (also mod.)
furet, by suffix-substitution from OF.
fuiron (:- Rom. *
fūriōn-), beside
furon :- late L.
fūrō,
fūrōn- thief, hence vb. XV.
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Ferrets Home on the Range.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Endangered Species Bulletin; 5/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...total of 1,185 ferrets at these sites. The black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes...350 black-footed ferrets were alive in the...following the late 1999 ferret reintroduction efforts...near Meeteetse (128 ferrets). As with other...in black-footed ferret recovery is the product...
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Ferrets can steal your heart _ and plenty of other things.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 12/11/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...vets deal with ferrets." Ferrets require rabies and distemper...well as high-protein ferret food. The pluses of ownership...The child can hurt the ferret and the ferret can hurt the child," Bogusz said. Ferrets live about seven years...
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Ferrets are family fun
Newspaper article from: The Topeka ; 5/10/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...recommends a premium ferret food. Ferrets are playful and curious...adoption shelter for ferrets, the Ferret Adoption Shelter of...shelter. The need for a ferret shelter is great, Swain said, as more and more ferrets need suitable homes...
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Ferrets Home on the Range.
Newspaper article from: Endangered Species Update; 5/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...350 black-footed ferrets were alive in the...following the late 1999 ferret reintroduction efforts...near Meeteetse (128 ferrets). As with other...in black-footed ferret recovery is the product...capability to reestablish ferret populations. We can produce the ferrets and ...
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FERRET LOVERS PROVIDE A HAVEN FOR PLAYFUL BUT UNWANTED PETS.(DAILY BREAK)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 10/21/1998; 700+ words
; ...rescue shelter for ferrets seemed a natural...because both knew many ferret rescuers around the...societies and SPCAs send ferrets to Ferret Haven by the Sea...trophies. Even tiny ferret angels. When I left, the ferrets had all been put...
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Ferrets Come to the Fore as Pets; Animals Banned in Some Areas Because of Rabies Concern
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/31/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...are a brood of six ferrets, slender, furry...Williams and other ferret owners say are fast...have banned domestic ferrets, a close relative of the black-footed ferret found in the wild...January, while at a ferret show at the Montgomery...purchased three more ferrets. Ras won three ...
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 "Courier News (Elgin, IL)")
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Ferrets are fun - but not for everyone
Newspaper article from: Courier News (Elgin, IL); 5/10/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...watching. What is a ferret? According to the textbook Ferrets, Rabbits and...black-footed ferret, which is illegal...own. Thus, pet ferrets in the United...t bring the ferret along; or that...a place where ferrets are not allowed...
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Ferret Buckeye Bash 2007
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 8/23/2007; 657 words
; ...a premier championship ferret show where ferrets are judged similar to cats...be there to help educate ferret owners and offer ferrets for adoption. Guest speakers...such as best-dressed ferrets -- including a ferret wedding in full dress...
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 "Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)")
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THE FERRETS AND THEIR SUPERFAN "THEY'VE WRAPPED THEIR LITTLE BODIES RIGHT AROUND MY HEART," SAYS A WOMAN WHO SHELTERS 160 OF THEM. HOMETOWN: TOWN OF CHRISTIANA.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN)(HOMETOWN)(Column)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI); 10/15/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...love with her first ferret, Max, in 1987. Countless ferrets later, she still loves...baby, moving or the ferret has health problems." Ferrets, a member of the weasel...digging them up. Some ferret owners give ferrets the run of the house...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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FERRET SHELTER `ZONED' INTO SURVIVAL MODE.(Home Front)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 6/30/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...rid of all but 10 ferrets and to tear down...their backyard ferret playground. They...before you adopt a ferret: * Ferrets can be expensive...a day to feed a ferret, plus about $100...expenses. Older ferrets frequently have...
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Ferrets
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...the black-footed ferret. Ferrets are solitary animals...the black-footed ferret in captivity. By 1987, several captive ferrets had succeeded in...850 black-footed ferrets now exist in both...and black-footed ferret populations is the...
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ferret
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
ferret name for a domesticated...rabbits. Domestic ferrets are found in many color...or black-footed, ferret, M. nigripes, which...the black-footed ferret, although it was apparently...settled by Europeans. Ferrets are classified in the...
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West, Anthony C(athcart Muir)
Book article from: Contemporary Novelists
...Judgment. New York, Obolensky, 1962. The Ferret Fancier. London, MacGibbon and Kee...culmination, for The Native Moment and The Ferret Fancier. As Towns with Fire is the portrait...regularly he survives his crises. The Ferret Fancier is a pastoral in which the same...
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Animal Bite Infections
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence
...surface. The saliva of dogs, cats, ferrets, and rabbits is known to contain a wide...animals (including rats, hamsters, ferrets, rabbits, horses, sheep, raccoons...although bites from pet hamsters and ferrets have been reported more frequently since...
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Nexity S.A.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...leaders, started his career at his family's construction firm, Ferret-Savinel, in 1971. Originally specialized in public works projects and industrial construction, Ferret-Savinel began developing its real estate and development operations...
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