polecat

n 1: American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely

malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications

put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae [syn: {skunk}, {wood

pussy}]

2: dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off

an unpleasant odor when threatened [syn: {fitch}, {foulmart},

{foumart}, {Mustela putorius}]