polecat has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ noun ] (zoology) American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae

Synonyms

wood_pussy skunk

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[ noun ] (zoology) dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
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