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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Polecat

/pōl'-kătˌ/ · Pole·cat · IPA /ˈpoʊlˌkæt/
01 n. A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius fœtidus). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odo…
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    A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius fœtidus). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret.(Zool.) Also: fitchet, foulmart, European ferret