black-footed ferret

[blak-foot-id]

black-foot·ed fer·ret

[blak-foot-id]
noun
a weasellike polecat, Mustela nigripes, of prairie regions of the U.S., having a yellowish-brown body with the tip of the tail and legs black: an endangered species.


Origin:
1880–85, Americanism
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Black-footed ferret has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
given to using long words.
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
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black-footed ferret

noun
musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct 
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