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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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