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The name "ferret" is derived from the Latinfurittus, meaning "little thief"

Scientific name: Mustela putorius furo

* Mustela (Latin for weasel)putorius (Latin putor meaning a stench or stink) furo (Latin furonem which means thief) translates into weasel-like stinky thief. There is a word 'ferret' in Latin - it's in a somewhat uncommon tense - imperfect subjunctive. It would translate as something like 'he should have brought'. Context would be needed to give a precise translation.

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