Category:Polecat

Pole"cat`, n. Etym: [probably fr. F. poule hen, and originally, a Poultry cat, because it feeds on poultry. See poultry.] (zoöl.) (a) a small european carnivore of the weasel family (putorius Foetidus). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly Disagreeable odor. Called also fitchet, foulmart, and european Ferret. (b) the zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied species.