BLACK-FOOTED FERRET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black-footed ferret mean? 

• BLACK-FOOTED FERRET (noun)
  The noun BLACK-FOOTED FERRET has 1 sense:

1. musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct

  Familiarity information: BLACK-FOOTED FERRET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK-FOOTED FERRET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

black-footed ferret; ferret; Mustela nigripes

Hypernyms ("black-footed ferret" is a kind of...):

mustelid; musteline; musteline mammal (fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals)

Holonyms ("black-footed ferret" is a member of...):

genus Mustela; Mustela (type genus of the family Mustelidae: minks and weasels)