polecat

noun

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

   noun.animal

   Synonyms skunk wood pussy

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened

   noun.animal

   Synonyms fitch foulmart foumart mustela putorius

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (<i>Putorius f&oelig;tidus</i>). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also <i>fitchet</i>, <i>foulmart</i>, and <i>European ferret</i>.

   noun

   Source: webster1913