polecat

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polecat Definition

• (n) American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
• (n) dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened

polecat Synonyms

• fitch
• foulmart
• foumart
• Mustela putorius
• polecat
• skunk
• wood pussy