имя существительное [зоология] хорёк, хорь чёрный
noun (plural polecats or polecat) Etymology: Middle English polcat, probably from Middle French poul, pol cock + Middle English cat; probably from its preying on poultry — more at pullet 1. any of several carnivorous mammals (as of the genera Mustela or Vormela) of the weasel family; especially a brown to black European mammal (M. putorius) from which the domesticated ferret is derived 2. skunk