資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Polecat \Pole"cat`\, n. [Probably fr. F. poule hen, and
   originally, a poultry cat, because it feeds on poultry. See
   {Poultry}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   (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.

Fitchet \Fitch"et\, Fitchew \Fitch"ew\, n. [Cf. OF. fisseau,
   fissel, OD. fisse, visse, vitsche, D. vies nasty, loathsome,
   E. fizz.] (Zo["o]l.)
   The European polecat ({Putorius f[oe]tidus}). See {Polecat}.