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ferretlike

ferretlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a ferret.

Adjective

ferretlike (comparative more ferretlike, superlative most ferretlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a ferret.
    Synonyms:
    ferrety

Synonyms of ferretlike

Forms of ferretlike

comparativemore ferretlike
superlativemost ferretlike

Origin of ferretlike

From ferret + -like.

Questions about ferretlike

What does ferretlike mean?
Ferretlike means resembling or characteristic of a ferret.
What part of speech is ferretlike?
Ferretlike is an adjective.

Words near ferretlike in the dictionary

  1. ferreting around
  2. ferreting out
  3. ferretings
  4. Ferretiz
  5. Ferretizes
  6. ferretlike
  7. ferrets
  8. ferrets about
  9. ferrets around
  10. ferrets out
  11. ferretsona

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