Fou"mart` (?), n. [OE. folmard, fulmard; AS. fl foul + mear, 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.]

 

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