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Topic: ANIMALS

Date: 1300-1400
Origin: Probably from Old French poul 'chicken' + English cat

polecat

 noun
     
pole‧cat [countable]
1HBA a small dark brown wild animal that lives in northern Europe and can defend itself by producing a bad smell
2 American English informalHBA a skunk
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