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n. A chiefly nocturnal European carnivorous mammal (Mustela putorius) of the weasel family that ejects a malodorous fluid to mark its territory and ward off enemies. Also called fitch.

n. Any of various related mammals of Asia, especially Mustela eversmanni of central Asia.

n. See skunk.

n. A weasel-like animal of the genus Mustela, notably the European polecat, Mustela putorius.

n. A skunk.

n. A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius fœtidus). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret.

n. The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied species.

n. The fitchew or foulmart, Putorius fœtidus of Europe, of a dark-brown color, with a copious fine pelage much used in furriery and for making artists' brushes. See fitch.

n. One of several other quadrupeds, mostly of the family Mustelidæ, which have a strong offensive smell.

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

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

"He possessed all his teeth but one, and most of his hair as well, though his side-whiskers had lately broken out in polecat streaks of gray."

fitchet    foulmart    european ferret   

skunk   

jerboa    muskrat    abercrombie    porcupine    raccoon    ichneumon    weasel    otter    wild-cat    badger