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Definition of Polecats

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.

Meaning of Polecats from wikipedia

- Polecat is a common name for several mustelid species in the order Carnivora and subfamilies Ictonychinae and Mustelinae. Polecats do not form a single...
- three polecats attacked a baby in Hesse. During winter, some European polecats raid beehives and feed on honey. Although the European polecat can coexist...
- suggested band name, the Polecats. Hawkes was later replaced by Neil Rooney, who was subsequently replaced by John Buck. The Polecats pla**** rockabilly with...
- country/bluegr****/rock band The Polecats, a 1980s British neo-rockabilly band "Polecats", a basic repertoire of 12 typical barbershop songs The Polecats, a fictional gang...
- comes from perehuznya (перегузня), which is Ukrainian for "polecat".[1] Marbled polecats are generally found in the drier areas and gr****lands of southeastern...
- form, thus indicating polecats evolved at a relatively late period. The steppe polecat's closest relatives are the European polecat and black-footed ferret...
- striped polecats attract very few scavengers, with only vultures occasionally feeding on them. Therefore, roadkill bodies of striped polecats tend to...
- Polecat was an early band of singer-guitarist Ted Stevens of Omaha, Nebraska. He later went on to form Lullaby For The Working class who recorded for...
- diverse family of carnivoran mammals, including weasels, badgers, otters, polecats, martens, grisons, and wolverines. Otherwise known as mustelids (/ˈmʌstɪlɪdz/)...
- Polecats (subgenus ****rius) are mustelids in the genus Mustela. It includes four living species — the black-footed ferret or American polecat (Mustela...