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}]
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]