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  1. 1. n. A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius foetidus). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied species. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae Source: wordnet
  4. 4. n. dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened Source: wordnet
  5. 5. (a) A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius foetidus). 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. Source: webster
  6. 6. n:100 n. dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened Source: ecdict

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