Associations to the word «Polecat»

Pictures for the word «Polecat»

Wiktionary

POLECAT, noun. A weasel-like animal of the genus Mustela, notably the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
POLECAT, noun. (US) (dialect) A skunk.

Dictionary definition

POLECAT, noun. American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae.
POLECAT, noun. Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened.

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