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But, for reals, a polecat is a type of weasel or skunk.— Blogger News Network
The name probably relates to a poor translation of the name for the European polecat, which is a relative of the fisher and is called the fitch ferret, fichet or fitche.— CommonDreams.org Headlines
A polecat, by the way, is not a cat at all-in the United States, the term designates a skunk.

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