black-footed ferret
[
blak
-f
oo
t-id]
/ˈblækˌfʊt ɪd/
noun
1.
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