2006-06-23 10:39:23 · 6 answers · asked by stophatinboo 3 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0 [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, wood
pussy]
2006-06-23 10:43:31 · answer #1 · answered by zen 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Polecat Skunk
2016-10-06 23:36:24 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kind of resemblance to a cat and it's appetite for poultry. I like the stripper version better. You dirty little skunk, taking all my money, gotta love those Polecats.
2016-03-16 21:12:20 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do they call polecats skunks?
(skunks are part of the polecat family)
2006-06-23 10:42:44 · answer #4 · answered by songbird 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't know for a long time that pole cats and skunks were the same! My country relatives say 'pole cat' and my city relatives say 'skunk.' Maybe a cultural thing?
2006-06-23 10:44:34 · answer #5 · answered by B Y 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a nickname for taxgatherers because they used to take in kind what they could not take in money.
2006-06-23 10:46:06 · answer #6 · answered by Howard L 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋