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polecat

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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.

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

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It is not necessary that every time he rises he should give his famous imitation of a semi-house-trained polecat. Michael Foot

It is really time for him to try to let the nicer side of his nature emerge. It is not necessary that every time he rises he should give his famous imitation of a semi-house-trained polecat. Norman Tebbit

Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 29, translation by Francis Celoria, Psychology Press, 1992 Aelian told a different story of a woman transformed into a polecat: ""I have heard that the polecat was once a human being. Source: Internet

They turned her into a deceitful weasel (or polecat), making her live in crannies and gave her a grotesque way of mating. Source: Internet

“The partnership with Polecat enables Willis Towers Watson to offer clients real-time insight to public opinion through analysis of social media. Source: Internet

He gave the details of the pairing of sarus cranes and detailed descriptions of many Indian birds such as the hawk-cuckoo and animals such as the polecat. Source: Internet

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