| NOUN | animal | polecat, skunk, wood pussy | American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled |
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| animal | polecat, fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius | dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened |
| Sounds | pow'lkae.t | |
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| Rhymes | acrobat ... ziggurat: 63 rhymes with aet... | |
| Meaning | American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae. | |
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| Synonyms | skunk, wood pussy | |
| Narrower | hog-nosed skunk, hognosed skunk, badger skunk, rooter skunk, Conepatus leuconotus | large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail |
| hooded skunk, Mephitis macroura | Of Mexico and southernmost parts of southwestern United States | |
| spotted skunk, little spotted skunk, Spilogale putorius | small skunk with a marbled black and white coat | |
| striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis | Most common and widespread North American skunk | |
| Broader | musteline mammal, mustelid, musteline | fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals |
| Spanish | mofeta, turón | |
| Catalan | mofeta, turó | |
| Meaning | dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened. | |
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| Synonyms | fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius | |
| Member of | Mustela, genus Mustela | type genus of the family Mustelidae |
| Narrower | ferret | domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits |
| Broader | musteline mammal, mustelid, musteline | fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals |
| Spanish | foulmart, foumart, hurón, Mustela Putorius, turón | |
| Catalan | foulmart, foumart, fura, furó, Mustela putorius, turó | |
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