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polecat - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'polecat' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Polecat [ n.]
- A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius foetidus). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret.
- The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied species.