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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened;
[syn: polecat, fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Foumart \Fou"mart`\, n. [OE. folmard, fulmard; AS. f[=u]l foul + mear[eth], meard, marten: cf. F. marte, martre. See Foul, a., and Marten the quadruped.] (Zool.) The European polecat; -- called also European ferret, and fitchew. See Polecat. [Written also foulmart, foulimart, and fulimart.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Polecat \Pole"cat`\, n. [Probably fr. F. poule hen, and originally, a poultry cat, because it feeds on poultry. See Poultry.] (Zool.) (a) A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius f[oe]tidus). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret. (b) The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied species. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

foulmart n 1: dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened [syn: polecat, fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius]