polecats

Noun

• American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
• dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
• plural of polecat

Synonyms

fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius, polecat, skunk, wood pussy