#marten

• Polecat — A popular regional name used in certain dialects of northern and eastern Moldavia for the European polecat (Mustela putorius) or for other small carnivorous mammals of the mustelid family, such as the marten; the term also survives as a widespread surname (anthronym) in the Romanian and Eastern European space. In a folkloric context, it represents an archaic lexical element used in describing wild forest animals.