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单词 black-footed ferret
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black-footed ferret
black-footed ferret n. [after scientific Latin Putorius nigripes (see quot. 1851)] a small mustelid carnivore, Mustela nigripes resembling a polecat, which has predominantly yellowish-brown fur with a black mask, feet, and tail tip, and is associated with prairie dog colonies on the North American prairies.The species was once thought to be extinct and remains highly endangered.
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1851 J. J. Audubon & J. Bachman Viviparous Quadrupeds N. Amer. II. 297 Putorius Nigripes.—Aud. and Bach. Black-footed Ferret.
1862 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 12 138 A skin of the black-footed ferret was procured at Fort Laramie by Mr. Alexander Culbertson.
1969 D. F. Costello Prairie World v. 94 Black-footed ferrets live in vacant burrows right in the town.
2001 Nature Conservancy Mar.–Apr. 9/1 The recent fate of the black-footed ferret has been a frightfully undulating ride, from the ‘extinct’ species' famous rediscovery in 1981, to a crushing die-off that left only 18 ferrets.
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