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Yes, ferret is playable

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"Ferret" Definition

noun

A black-footed ferret.
A narrow piece of tape used to bind or edge fabric.
A weasellike, usually albino mammal (Mustela putorius furo) related to the polecat and often trained to hunt rats or rabbits.
A domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal () that is descended from the European polecat.
An active and persistent searcher.

verb-transitive

To drive out, as from a hiding place; expel.
To hound or harry persistently; worry.
To hunt (rabbits, for example) with ferrets.
To uncover and bring to light by searching. Often used with out: "Their work merely points the way for others to ferret out the core components of all proteins” ( Natalie Angier).

verb-intransitive

To engage in hunting with ferrets.
To search intensively.

verb

To hunt with .
To search about.
To hunt (as rabbits) with ferrets.
To force out of hiding .
To find and bring to light by searching .

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