polecat, n.
(polecats)
(polecats)
dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
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Mustela putorius fitch foulmart foumart polecat
semantic pointers
hypernym
member holonym
hyponym
American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
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polecat skunk wood pussy