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Noun: foumart  foo-mu(r)t
Usage: archaic
  1. Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odour when threatened
    "The fitch, also known as the European foumart, is the wild ancestor of the domesticated ferret";
    - polecat, fitch [archaic], foulmart [archaic], Mustela putorius, fitchew [archaic]

Derived forms: foumarts

Type of: mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal

Part of: genus Mustela, Mustela

Encyclopedia: Foumart