How to Use polecat in a Sentence
polecat
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Stoat – Related to weasels, polecats and ferrets, the stoat is a small but ferocious predator.
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Sarah Lazarus,
CNN,
2019-12-26
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The population of animals like polecats, pine martens and badgers have sprung back, now that they are not longer widely trapped or killed for being pests.
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Jason Daley,
Smithsonian,
2018-06-16
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Stereoscopic souvenir cards show a faux mountainside crammed like a Victorian what-not shelf with deer, goats, polecats, and raptors.
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Susan Tallman,
The New York Review of Books,
2020-03-10
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They are related generally to weasels, skunks, minks and polecats (not to be confused with Old West outlaws of a lesser rank with the same name).
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Fred Dickey,
sandiegouniontribune.com,
2017-09-03
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Two bobcats in Wisconsin, a coyote pup in Michigan and skunks in Canada have also tested positive for the virus, as have foxes, otters, a lynx, a polecat and a badger in Europe.
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New York Times,
2022-06-18
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