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polecat

DEFINITIONS OF: polecat

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

Synonyms:
skunk, wood pussy
Types:
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Mephitis mephitis, striped skunk
most common and widespread North American skunk
Mephitis macroura, hooded skunk
of Mexico and southernmost parts of southwestern United States
Conepatus leuconotus, badger skunk, hog-nosed skunk, hognosed skunk, rooter skunk
large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico
Spilogale putorius, little spotted skunk, spotted skunk
small skunk with a marbled black and white coat; of United States and Mexico
Type of:
mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal
fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals

n dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened

Synonyms:
Mustela putorius, fitch, foulmart, foumart
Types:
ferret
domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits
Type of:
mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal
fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals
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