Defenition of the word polecat

• Defenition of the word polecat

  • dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
  • American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae

Synonyms for the word polecat

• • fitch
  • foulmart
  • foumart
  • Mustela putorius
  • skunk
  • wood pussy

Meronymys for the word polecat

• • genus Mustela
  • Mustela

Hyponyms for the word polecat

• • badger skunk
  • Conepatus leuconotus
  • ferret
  • hog-nosed skunk
  • hognosed skunk
  • hooded skunk
  • little spotted skunk
  • Mephitis macroura
  • Mephitis mephitis
  • rooter skunk
  • Spilogale putorius
  • spotted skunk
  • striped skunk

Hypernyms for the word polecat

• • mustelid
  • musteline
  • musteline mammal

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