[いたち;イタチ, itachi ; itachi] (n) (1) (uk) weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); (2) mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, inc. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Polecat \Pole"cat`\, n. [Probably fr. F. poule hen, and
originally, a poultry cat, because it feeds on poultry. See
{Poultry}.] (Zool.)
(a) A small European carnivore of the Weasel family
({Putorius f[oe]tidus}). Its scent glands secrete a
substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called
also {fitchet}, {foulmart}, and {European ferret}.
(b) The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied
species.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
polecat
n 1: American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely
malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put
in a separate subfamily Mephitinae [syn: {skunk},
{polecat}, {wood pussy}]
2: dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an
unpleasant odor when threatened [syn: {polecat}, {fitch},
{foulmart}, {foumart}, {Mustela putorius}]
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