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FOULMART
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
Synonyms:
fitch; foulmart; foumart; Mustela putorius; polecat
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("foulmart" is a kind of...):
mustelid; musteline; musteline mammal (fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foulmart"):
ferret (domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits)
Holonyms ("foulmart" is a member of...):
genus Mustela; Mustela (type genus of the family Mustelidae: minks and weasels)