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(Mustela nigripes), a species native to North America.

Etymology

The name ferret is derived from the Late Latin furittus, meaning , a likely reference to the common ferret penchant for secreting away small items. In Old English (Anglo-Saxon), the animal was called mearþ. The word fyret seems to appear in Middle English in the 14th century from the Latin, with the modern spelling of ferret by the 16th century.

The Greek word

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