Plural of ferret

regular plural

The plural of ferret is ferrets.

Forms of ferret

Ferrets can be very entertaining little fuzzballs, but keeping a ferret as a pet is also a big responsibility.2009, Johannah Haney, Ferrets, page 7. From the entry fuzzball
"Here's these legal ferrets has got our Puddin' in their clutches, and here's us, spellbound with anguish, watchin' them wolfin' it."1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 150. From the entry wolf
I'm sure his goons will go through the ship like a business of ferrets, and they'll want to look in our baggage.2004, Dave Duncan, The Jaguar Knights: A Chronicle of the King's Blades, →ISBN, page 252. From the entry business
So-called “thundering herds” blanketed much of the Great Plains — rototilling, fertilizing, grazing builders that nurtured vast grasslands and gave home to everything from black-footed ferrets to burrowing owls.2007 January 16, “Letters”, in New York Times. From the entry rototilling
European stoats were long ago introduced to New Zealand (along with ferrets and weasels!) in the mistaken belief that they would control the burgeoning populations of introduced rabbits.2005, T. C. R. White, Why Does the World Stay Green?: Nutrition and Survival of Plant-eaters, page 91. From the entry stoat

noun An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the European polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.
noun A black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes).
noun A diligent searcher.

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