1. [N. Amer] American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
   - skunk, wood pussy [N. Amer] 
2. Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odour when threatened
   - fitch [archaic], foulmart [archaic], foumart [archaic], Mustela putorius, fitchew [archaic]

Derived forms: polecats

Type of: mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal

Part of: genus Mustela, Mustela

Encyclopedia: Polecat

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• Thelypteris dryopteris
• Thelypteris hexagonoptera
• Thelypteris palustris
• Thelypteris palustris pubescens
• Thelypteris phegopteris
• Thelypteris simulata
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• thematic vowel
• thematically
• theme
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• fado
• FAE
• faecal
• faecal impaction
• faecal matter
• faecal occult test
• faecalith
• faeces
• faerie
• Faeroe Islands
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