foulmart
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (1)
- dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatenedSynonyms: polecatfitchfoumartMustela putoriusType of musteline mammal, mustelidKinds ferretMember of Mustela, genus Mustela
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“foulmart” is listed under Foumart.
Origin: OE. folmard, fulmard; AS. fūl foul + mearð, meard, marten: cf. F. marte, martre. See Foul, adjective, and Marten the quadruped.
Zoology The European polecat; — called also European ferret, and fitchew. See Polecat. [Written also foulmart, foulimart, and fulimart.]
Origin: Probably fr. F. poule hen, and originally, a poultry cat, because it feeds on poultry. See Poultry.
Zoology (a) A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius fœtidus). 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54