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Thesaurus: polecats

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

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