Ferret and Polecat

Ferret

Ferret noun - Domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits.

Polecat and ferret are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Polecat" instead a noun "Ferret".

Nearby Words: ferreted, ferreting, ferrety

Polecat

Polecat noun - American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae.
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Ferret and polecat are semantically related. You can use "Ferret" instead a noun "Polecat".
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