polecat
English Thesaurus
1. dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal, |
| definition | : | fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ferret, |
| definition | : | domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | genus mustela, mustela, |
| definition | : | type genus of the family Mustelidae: minks and weasels (noun.animal) |
2. American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal, |
| definition | : | fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | mephitis mephitis, striped skunk, |
| definition | : | most common and widespread North American skunk (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | hooded skunk, mephitis macroura, |
| definition | : | of Mexico and southernmost parts of southwestern United States (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | badger skunk, conepatus leuconotus, hog-nosed skunk, hognosed skunk, rooter skunk, |
| definition | : | large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | little spotted skunk, spilogale putorius, spotted skunk, |
| definition | : | small skunk with a marbled black and white coat; of United States and Mexico (noun.animal) |
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