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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