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Polecat

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA : /'pɔlkæt/

Etymology

Middle French pole hen + cat because of its fondness for poultry

Noun

polecat

  1. a weasel like animal of the genus Mustela , notably Mustela putorius .
  2. (US regional): a skunk

Translations

  • Albanian: qelbësi
  • Basque: ipurtats
  • Belarusian: тхор лясны/ чорны
  • Bosnian: tvor m
  • Breton: pudask
  • Bulgarian: прът (pr"t)
  • Catalan: turó
  • Croatian: tvor
  • Czech: tchoř
  • Danish: ilder
  • Dutch: bunzing m
  • Esperanto: putoro
  • Estonian: tuhkur
  • Finnish: hilleri
  • French: putois m
  • Frisian: murd
  • Friulian: puçul , pufe , pudîs , spuç
  • Gallegan: tourón
  • German: Iltis m
  • Greek: οζοϊκτίς , βρωμοκούναβο
  • Hungarian: görény
  • Irish: firéad
  • Italian: puzzola f
  • Latvian: sesks
  • Lithuanian: šeškas
  • Lower Sorbian: twoŕ
  • Macedonian: обичен твор (običen tvor )
  • Norwegian: ilder
  • Occitan: catpudre
  • Polish: tchórz
  • Portuguese: toirăo
  • Romanian: dihor
  • Romansh: telpi
  • Romany: mutsa-kandini f
  • Russian: хорёк лесной , (horjok lеsnoj), черный (čеrnyj)
  • Sami: čáhppesbuoidda
  • Sardinian: pùtzola
  • Scottish Gaelic: feòcallan
  • Serbian: твор (-мрки ) (tvor (-mrki ))
  • Slovak: tchor obyčajný
  • Slovenian: dihur m
  • Spanish: turón m
  • Swedish: iller
  • Turkish: kokarca
  • Ukrainian: тхiр лiсовий (thir lisovij), чорний (čornij)
  • Upper Sorbian: tchór
  • Welsh: ffwlbart


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