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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pole·cat /ˈpolˌkæt/
 臭鼬之一種

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pole·cat n.  Zool. (a) 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. (b) The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied species.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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, wood
            pussy]
      2: dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off
         an unpleasant odor when threatened [syn: fitch, foulmart,
          foumart, Mustela putorius]