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

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

The European polecat; - called also European ferret, and fitchew. See Polecat.

The European polecat; - called also European ferret, and fitchew. See Polecat.

n. [Scottish, Anglo-Saxon] The pole-cat; the fitchew; a small carnivorous quadruped, secreting in its glands a fetid liquor.