polecat
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(noun) dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened |
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Synonyms: Mustela putorius, fitch, foulmart, foumart |
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Related Words: ferret, mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal |
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(noun) American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae |
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Synonyms: skunk, wood pussy |
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Related Words: Conepatus leuconotus, Mephitis macroura, Mephitis mephitis, Spilogale putorius, badger skunk, hog-nosed skunk, hognosed skunk, hooded skunk, little spotted skunk, mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal, rooter skunk, spotted skunk, striped skunk |
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