foumart

2 definitions found

foumart - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.]
     [1913 Webster]

foumart - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  foumart
      n 1: dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off
           an unpleasant odor when threatened [syn: polecat,
           fitch, foulmart, foumart, Mustela putorius]