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

Type of: mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal

Part of: genus Mustela, Mustela

Encyclopedia: Mustela putorius