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A weasel-like, usually albino mammal. Sometimes trained to hunt rats and rabbits. Related to the polecat.

Ferret

A weasel-like, usually albino mammal. Sometimes trained to hunt rats and rabbits. Related to the polecat.

"The Ferret was imported into Europe from Africa, and was well known to the Romans, being anciently employed, as it still is, in catching rabbits."

Ferret

"The Ferret was imported into Europe from Africa, and was well known to the Romans, being anciently…

"The Polecat is one of the Mustelinæ, akin to the marten, but with a broader head, a blunter snout, and a much shorter tail. It has a shorter neck and a stouter body than the weasel. Two glands near the root of the tail emit a highly offensive smell. It makes immense havoc in poultry yards, rabbit warrens, and among hares and partidges, killing everything which it can overpower."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Polecat

"The Polecat is one of the Mustelinæ, akin to the marten, but with a broader head, a blunter snout,…

A carnivorous mammal of the weasel family. It resembles the skunk in having glands that secrete a liquid substance with a disagreeable odor, which it ejects when scared or irritated.

Polecat

A carnivorous mammal of the weasel family. It resembles the skunk in having glands that secrete a liquid…

One of the Mustelinae, akin to the marten, but with a broader head, a blunter snout, and a much shorter tail. It has a shorter neck and a stouter body than the weasel.

Polecat

One of the Mustelinae, akin to the marten, but with a broader head, a blunter snout, and a much shorter…

An animal of the genus Mustela, having a long slender body, short legs, long slender tail, and light colored fur.

Weasel

An animal of the genus Mustela, having a long slender body, short legs, long slender tail, and light…