foumart
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Etymology edit
From Middle English fulmard, from Old English fūl (“foul”) + mearþ (“marten”), in reference to its offensive smell.
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Noun edit
foumart (plural foumarts)
- (chiefly Scotland) A European polecat; a member of the Mustelidae family.
Further reading edit
- “foumart”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “foumart”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.