Pōle'căt, n.
n. [Either for Polish cat, or for poultry-cat, because it feeds on poultry.] (Zoöl.) A carnivorous mammal (Mustela putorius), allied to the weasel, which exhales a disagreeable odor; the fitchew or fitchet. The American
n. [Either for Polish cat, or for poultry-cat, because it feeds on poultry.] (Zoöl.) A carnivorous mammal (Mustela putorius), allied to the weasel, which exhales a disagreeable odor; the fitchew or fitchet. The American