What is the meaning of Polecat?

  • (n.) The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied species.
  • (n.) A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius foetidus). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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