Hypertext Webster Gateway: "foulmart"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Polecat \Pole"cat`\, n. [Probably fr. F. poule hen, and
originally, a poultry cat, because it feeds on poultry. See
{Poultry}.] (Zo["o]l.)
(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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Foumart \Fou"mart`\, n. [OE. folmard, fulmard; AS. f?l foul +
mear?, meard, marten: cf. F. marte, martre. See {Foul}, a.,
and {Marten} the quadruped.] (Zo["o]l.)
The European polecat; -- called also {European ferret}, and
{fitchew}. See {Polecat}. [Written also {foulmart},
{foulimart}, and {fulimart}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
foulmart
n : dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off
an unpleasant odor when threatened [syn: {polecat}, {fitch},
{foumart}, {Mustela putorius}]
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