Noun: foulmart fool-mu(r)t
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 foulmart, is the wild ancestor of the domesticated ferret";
- polecat, fitch [archaic], foumart [archaic], Mustela putorius, fitchew [archaic]
Derived forms: foulmarts
Type of: mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal
Part of: genus Mustela, Mustela
Encyclopedia: Foulmart