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polecat

noun

1 polecat

American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae.

synonyms: skunk, wood pussy.

Roget 401: fetor; bad etc. adj.. smell, bad odor; stench, stink; foul odor, malodor; empyreuma; mustiness etc. adj.; ... show more

Dutch: stinkdier
Polish: skunks

2 polecat

Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened.

synonyms: fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius.

Dutch: bunzing


Moby thesaurus: Cape polecat, animal, ape, bar, bear, beast, cavy, chimp, chimpanzee, coon, cur, dog, ferret, foumart, glutton, groundhog, guinea pig, hedgehog, hound, hyena ... show more.

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