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Putorius foetidus
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.
Putorius foetidus
Fitchet Fitch"et, Fitchew Fitch"ew, n. [Cf. OF. fisseau, fissel, OD. fisse, visse, vitsche, D. vies nasty, loathsome, E. fizz.] (Zo["o]l.) The European polecat (Putorius f[oe]tidus). See Polecat.
Symplocarpus foetidus
Skunk Skunk, n. [Contr. from the Abenaki (American Indian) seganku.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of American musteline carnivores of the genus Mephitis and allied genera. They have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense. Note: The common species of the Eastern United States (Mephitis mephitica) is black with more or less white on the body and tail. The spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius), native of the Southwestern United States and Mexico, is smaller than the common skunk, and is variously marked with black and white. Skunk bird, Skunk blackbird (Zo["o]l.), the bobolink; -- so called because the male, in the breeding season, is black and white, like a skunk. Skunk cabbage (Bot.), an American aroid herb (Symplocarpus f[oe]tidus>) having a reddish hornlike spathe in earliest spring, followed by a cluster of large cabbagelike leaves. It exhales a disagreeable odor. Also called swamp cabbage. Skunk porpoise. (Zo["o]l.) See under Porpoise.

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- foetidus. Connecticut Botanical Society: Symplocarpus foetidus Archived 2013-02-09 at the Wayback Machine Illinois Wildflowers: Symplocarpus foetidus...
- OCLC 808298507. Wikiversity has bloom time data for ****eborus foetidus on the Bloom Clock "****eborus foetidus L". Flora Europaea. Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh...
- that infests only the H. foetidus plants in the ****ebore genus. The leaf miner fly digs tunnels into the leaves of the H. foetidus. The tunnels create brownish-black...
- Aspergillus foetidus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. "Aspergillus foetidus Thom & Raper 1945". MycoBank. International Mycological ****ociation...
- Hydrurus foetidus is a large freshwater alga found in a cold rivers. It is a member of the chrysophytes, or golden algae. H. foetidus is found in cold...
- Symplocarpus foetidus, commonly called "skunk cabbage". Symplocarpus egorovii N.S.Pavlova & V.A.Nechaev - Primorye region of Russia Symplocarpus foetidus (L.)...
- squarrosa, California stinkweed Polemonium viscosum, Sky pilot Symplocarpus foetidus, Eastern skunk cabbage Croton texensis, Skunk weed This page is an index...
- Symplocarpus foetidus Meadow cabbage – Symplocarpus foetidus Skunk cabbage – Symplocarpus foetidus, Lysichiton spp. Swamp cabbage – Symplocarpus foetidus California...
- Species: A. acidus Binomial name Aspergillus acidus Kozakiewicz, Z. 1989 Synonyms Aspergillus foetidus var. pallidus Aspergillus foetidus var. acidus...
- americ****, grows in western North America Eastern skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus, grows in eastern North America Veratrum californi**** (California corn...