pole·cat /ˈpolˌkæt/
臭鼬之一種
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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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]