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Foumart

(Science: zoology) The European polecat; called also European ferret, and fitchew. See polecat.

alternative forms: foulmart, foulimart, and fulimart.

Origin: oe. Folmard, fulmard; as. Fl foul _ mear, meard, marten: cf. F. Marte, martre. See foul, and marten the quadruped.