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foulmart
(encz) | foulmart, n: |
foulmart
(gcide) | Foumart \Fou"mart`\, n. [OE. folmard, fulmard; AS. f[=u]l foul +
mear[eth], meard, marten: cf. F. marte, martre. See Foul,
a., and Marten the quadruped.] (Zool.)
The European polecat; -- called also European ferret, and
fitchew. See Polecat. [Written also foulmart,
foulimart, and fulimart.]
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foulmart
(gcide) | Polecat \Pole"cat`\, n. [Probably fr. F. poule hen, and
originally, a poultry cat, because it feeds on poultry. See
Poultry.] (Zool.)
(a) A small European carnivore of the Weasel family
(Putorius f[oe]tidus). 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.
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foulmart
(wn) | foulmart
n 1: dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off
an unpleasant odor when threatened [syn: polecat,
fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius] |
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