Complete Definition of "polecat"

English
Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /'p�lkæt/
Etymology
Middle French pole hen + cat because of its fondness for poultry
Noun
wikipedia
en-noun
#a weasel like animal of the genus Mustela, notably Mustela putorius.
#(US regional): a skunk

Quotations
1919, w:Ronald Firbank|Ronald Firbank, w:Valmouth|Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 61

Translations

Albanian: qelbësi
Basque: ipurtats
Belarusian: ��о� л��н�/ �о�н�
Bosnian: tvor m
Breton: pudask
Bulgarian: �� (pr"t)
Catalan: turó
Croatian: tvor
Czech: tcho�
Danish: ilder
Dutch: bunzing m
Esperanto: putoro
Estonian: tuhkur
Finnish: hilleri
French: putois m
Frisian: murd
Friulian: puçul, pufe, pudîs, spuç
Galician: tourón
German: Iltis m
Greek: οζο�κ�ί�, β��μοκο�ναβο
Hungarian: görény
Irish: firéad
Italian: puzzola f
mid
Latvian: sesks
Lithuanian: šeškas
Lower Sorbian: two�
Macedonian: оби�ен �во� (obi�en tvor)
Norwegian: ilder
Occitan: catpudre
Polish: tchórz
Portuguese: toir�o
Romanian: dihor
Romansh: telpi
Romany: mutsa-kandini f
Russian: �о��к (hor'ók) m, �о�� (hor') m
Sami: �áhppesbuoidda
Sardinian: pùtzola
Scottish Gaelic: feòcallan
Serbian: �во� (-м�ки) (tvor (-mrki))
Slovak: tchor oby�ajný
Slovenian: dihur m
Spanish: turón m
Swedish: iller
Turkish: kokarca
Ukrainian: ��i� лi�овий (thir lisovij), �о�ний (�ornij)
Upper Sorbian: tchór
Welsh: ffwlbart

Synonyms
fitch
foumart

Category:Mammals

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