zorille
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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Striped_polecat.jpg/220px-Striped_polecat.jpg)
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French zorille, from Spanish zorrillo, from zorro (“fox”) + -illo.
Noun
[edit]zorille (plural zorilles)
- Ictonyx striatus, a small, carnivorous, nocturnal African mammal resembling a skunk.
Synonyms
[edit]- (Ictonyx striatus): striped polecat, African polecat, Cape polecat, African skunk
Translations
[edit]Ictonyx striatus
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French
[edit]Noun
[edit]zorille m or f (plural zorilles)
Further reading
[edit]- “zorille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.