Polecat - Definition
polecat
n 1: American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely
malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put
in a separate subfamily Mephitinae [syn: skunk,
polecat, wood pussy]
2: dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an
unpleasant odor when threatened [syn: polecat, fitch,
foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius]