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polecat |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Polecat \Pole"cat`\, n. [Probably fr F. poule hen, and originally, a poultry cat, because it feeds on poultry. See {Poultry}.] (Zo["o]l.) a A small European carnivore of the Weasel family ({Putorius f[oe]tidus}). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also {fitchet}, {foulmart}, and {European ferret}. b The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied species. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: polecat n 1: American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae [syn: {skunk}, {wood pussy}] 2: dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened [syn: {fitch}, {foulmart}, {foumart}, {Mustela putorius}]
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