| NOUN | animal | foulmart, polecat, fitch, foumart, Mustela putorius | dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened |
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| Meaning | dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened. | |
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| Synonyms | polecat, fitch, foumart, Mustela putorius | |
| Member of | Mustela, genus Mustela | type genus of the family Mustelidae |
| Narrower | ferret | domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits |
| Broader | musteline mammal, mustelid, musteline | fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals |