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polecat

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polecat

Old World weasel Mustela putorius with a brown back and dark belly and two yellow face patches. The body is about 50 cm/20 in long and it has a strong smell from anal gland secretions. It is native to Asia, Europe, and North Africa. In North America, skunks are sometimes called polecats. A ferret is a domesticated polecat.



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This commissary was a man of very repulsive mien, with a pointed nose, with yellow and salient cheek bones, with eyes small but keen and penetrating, and an expression of countenance resembling at once the polecat and the fox.
The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
In general appearance, the Zorillo resembles a polecat, but it is rather larger, and much thicker in proportion.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
This guide was our friend Peppino, who dashed into the thicket of high weeds, through a path which none but lizards or polecats could have imagined to be an open road.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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