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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.
