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noun. A chiefly nocturnal mustelid mammal (Mustela putorius) of Europe that ejects a malodorous fluid to mark its territory and defend itself from predators.

noun. Either of two similar mammals, Mustela eversmanii of the Central Asian steppes, having a light brown coat with a black mask, or Vormela peregusna of Eurasia, having a mottled yellow and brown coat.

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noun. 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.

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

noun. 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.

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

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

noun. A skunk.

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

noun. 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."

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