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1. (n.) polecat
a European weasel, Mustela putorius, having blackish fur and ejecting a fetid fluid when attacked or disturbed.
2. polecat
any of various North American skunks.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME polcat, perh. = MF pol, poul chicken (< L pullus) +cat)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) skunk, polecat, wood pussy
American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
2. (noun) polecat, fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius
dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
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1. (noun) polecat
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
2. (noun) polecat
the zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied species
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Sense: a kind of large weasel.
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 Afrikaans: stinkdier |
 Arabic: فأر خَيْل، إبْن عِرْس |
 Bulgarian: пор |
 Brazilian: doninha |
 Czech: tchoř |
 German: der Iltis |
 Danish: ilder |
 Greek: μεγάλη νυφίτσα |
 Spanish: turón |
 Estonian: tõhk |
 Farsi: نوعی راسوی بزرگ |
 Finnish: hilleri |
 French: putois |
 Hebrew: סָמוּר גָדוֹל |
 Hindi: गन्धमार्जार |
 Croatian: tvor |
 Hungarian: görény |
 Indonesian: kucing hutan |
 Icelandic: þefvísla, illir |
 Italian: puzzola |
 Japanese: けながいたち |
 Korean: 긴털족제비 |
 Lithuanian: šeškas |
 Latvian: sesks |
 Malay: sejenis musang |
 Dutch: bunzing |
 Norwegian: ilder |
 Polish: tchórz |
 Persian: نوعی راسوی بزرگ، حيوان |
 Pashto: يو ډول ژوى ، سمور |
 Portuguese: doninha |
 Russian: лесной хорёк |
 Slovak: tchor |
 Slovenian: dihur |
 Serbian: tvor |
 Swedish: iller |
 Thai: สัตว์ในตระกูลวีเซิล |
 Turkish: sansar |
 Taiwanese: 雞貂 |
 Ukrainian: тхір чорний |
 Urdu: ايک قسم کا بڑا نيولا |
 Vietnamese: chồn hôi |
 Chinese: 鸡貂 |
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