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n. [ OE. folmard, fulmard; AS. fūl foul + mearð, 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 ]