Found 3 items, similar to polecat.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: polecat kuskus
English → English (WordNet) Definition: polecat 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Polecat Polecat \Pole"cat`\, n. [Probably fr. F. poule hen, and originally, a poultry cat, because it feeds on poultry. See Poultry.] (Zo["o]l.) (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]