___ polecat (animal with a blotchy coat) Crossword Clue

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(adjective)
1. patterned with veins or streaks or color resembling marble

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

POLECAT (noun)
1. American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
2. dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
BLOTCHY (adjective)
1. marked with irregularly shaped spots or blots
2. marred by discolored spots or blotches

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