'Polecat' definitions:
Definition of 'polecat'
(from WordNet)
noun
American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae [syn: skunk, polecat, wood pussy]
noun
Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened [syn: polecat, fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius]
Definition of 'Polecat'
From: GCIDE
- Polecat \Pole"cat`\, n. [Probably fr. F. poule hen, and originally, a poultry cat, because it feeds on poultry. See Poultry.] (Zool.) (a) A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius f[oe]tidus). 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. [1913 Webster]