Ferret: (Leviticus 11:30) (R.V., "gecko"), one of the unclean creeping things. It was
perhaps the Lacerta gecko which was intended by the Hebrew word
(anakah, a cry, "mourning," the creature which groans) here used,
i.e., the "fan-footed" lizard, the gecko which makes a mournful wail.
The LXX. translate it by a word meaning "shrew-mouse," of which there
are three species in Palestine. The Rabbinical writers regard it as
the hedgehog. The translation of the Revised Version is to be
preferred.
