definition of
polecat

[1] #1 polecat n. [skunk, wood pussy] American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae. wn

[2] #2 polecat n. [fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius] dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened. wn