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    POLECAT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatenedplay

    Synonyms:

    fitch; foulmart; foumart; Mustela putorius; polecat

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("polecat" is a kind of...):

    mustelid; musteline; musteline mammal (fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polecat"):

    ferret (domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits)

    Holonyms ("polecat" is a member of...):

    genus Mustela; Mustela (type genus of the family Mustelidae: minks and weasels)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinaeplay

    Synonyms:

    polecat; skunk; wood pussy

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("polecat" is a kind of...):

    mustelid; musteline; musteline mammal (fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polecat"):

    Mephitis mephitis; striped skunk (most common and widespread North American skunk)

    hooded skunk; Mephitis macroura (of Mexico and southernmost parts of southwestern United States)

    badger skunk; Conepatus leuconotus; hog-nosed skunk; hognosed skunk; rooter skunk (large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico)

    little spotted skunk; Spilogale putorius; spotted skunk (small skunk with a marbled black and white coat; of United States and Mexico)

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