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English noun: polecat | |||
| 1. | polecat (animal) American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae | ||
| Synonyms | skunk, wood pussy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | badger skunk, Conepatus leuconotus, hog-nosed skunk, hognosed skunk, hooded skunk, little spotted skunk, Mephitis macroura, Mephitis mephitis, rooter skunk, Spilogale putorius, spotted skunk, striped skunk | ||
| 2. | polecat (animal) dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened | ||
| Synonyms | fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ferret | ||
| Member meronym | genus Mustela, Mustela | ||
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