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Polecat   /pˈoʊlkˌæt/   Listen
Polecat

noun
1.
American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae.  Synonyms: skunk, wood pussy.
2.
Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened.  Synonyms: fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius.



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"Polecat" Quotes from Famous Books



... at New Castle ferry we crossed the Pamunkey, marched between Aylett's and Dunkirk on the Mattapony River, and on the 8th of June encamped at Polecat Station. The next day we resumed the march along the North Anna—our advance guard skirmishing with a few mounted men of the enemy, who proved to be irregulars—and bivouacked on Northeast Creek, near Young's Mills. This day I learned ...
— Memoirs of Three Civil War Generals, Complete • U. S. Grant, W. T. Sherman, P. H. Sheridan


Words linked to "Polecat" :   Mustela, hog-nosed skunk, Conepatus leuconotus, striped skunk, Mephitis macroura, skunk, foumart, polecat weed, musteline, ferret, genus Mustela, foulmart, wood pussy, badger skunk, fitch, spotted skunk, Spilogale putorius, Mustela putorius, hooded skunk, rooter skunk, little spotted skunk, mustelid, musteline mammal, Mephitis mephitis, hognosed skunk


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