foumart Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
    fitch; foulmart; Mustela putorius; polecat.

WordNet


Fou"mart` noun
Etymology
OE. folmard, fulmard; AS. fl foul + mear, meard, marten: cf. F. marte, martre. See Foul, a., and Marten the quadruped.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The European polecat; -- called also European ferret, and fitchew. See Polecat. Written also foulmart, foulimart, and fulimart.

Webster 1913