Polecat is an English word with synonyms like mustelid or skunk. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Polecat meaning
- A weasel-like animal of the genus Mustela.
- notably, the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
Synonyms of Polecat
Using Polecat
- The main meaning on this page is: A weasel-like animal of the genus Mustela. | A weasel-like animal of the genus Mustela. | notably, the European polecat, Mustela putorius.
- Useful related words include: musteline mammal, mustelid, musteline, skunk.
- In the example corpus, polecat often appears in combinations such as: the polecat, lonesome polecat, polecat was.
Context around Polecat
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Polecat
- In this selection, "polecat" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lonesome, marbled, striped and making stand out and add context to how "polecat" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as lonesome polecat and as the polecat. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "polecat" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with polecat
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The polecat, from the Marten family. (6 words)
The striped polecat or zorilla belongs to the night. (9 words)
The wood-chopping scene in Lonesome Polecat was filmed in a single take. (13 words)
This includes species like the Middle-European great bustard, the heaviest flying bird in the world, the sandy blind mole rat, and the marbled polecat, so beloved that a special coin was made to honor it. (36 words)
With Ben Oakland and Milton Drake, Berle wrote the title song for the RKO Radio Pictures release Li'l Abner (1940), an adaptation of Al Capp 's comic strip, featuring Buster Keaton as Lonesome Polecat. (35 words)
Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 29, translation by Francis Celoria, Psychology Press, 1992 Aelian told a different story of a woman transformed into a polecat: ""I have heard that the polecat was once a human being. (34 words)
Example sentences (9)
Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 29, translation by Francis Celoria, Psychology Press, 1992 Aelian told a different story of a woman transformed into a polecat: ""I have heard that the polecat was once a human being.
This includes species like the Middle-European great bustard, the heaviest flying bird in the world, the sandy blind mole rat, and the marbled polecat, so beloved that a special coin was made to honor it.
The polecat, from the Marten family.
The striped polecat or zorilla belongs to the night.
He gave the details of the pairing of sarus cranes and detailed descriptions of many Indian birds such as the hawk-cuckoo and animals such as the polecat.
The wood-chopping scene in Lonesome Polecat was filmed in a single take.
They turned her into a deceitful weasel (or polecat), making her live in crannies and gave her a grotesque way of mating.
While Matt Mattox was the original singer for "Lonesome Polecat", his singing was replaced for this song in the movie by the singing of Bill Lee.
With Ben Oakland and Milton Drake, Berle wrote the title song for the RKO Radio Pictures release Li'l Abner (1940), an adaptation of Al Capp 's comic strip, featuring Buster Keaton as Lonesome Polecat.
Common combinations with polecat
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: