pole cat

[Mark Odegard]

A polecat, in the UK, refers to a European ferret. In antiquity (and even
down to the present day), ferrets were used in place of the domestic cat.

The name seems to have attached itself to the North American skunk. I became
familiar with it via Granny from _The Beverly Hillbillies_.
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