Noun: fitchew fi-choo
Usage: archaic
Usage: archaic
- Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odour when threatened
"The fitch, also known as the European fitchew, is the wild ancestor of the domesticated ferret";
- polecat, fitch [archaic], foulmart [archaic], foumart [archaic], Mustela putorius
Derived forms: fitchews
Type of: mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal
Part of: genus Mustela, Mustela
Encyclopedia: Fitchew