Polecat Definition
polecat
noun
- American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
- dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
Words that rhyme with polecat
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