fitch

Noun

1. A polecat, such as the European polecat (Mustela putorius), the striped polecat, steppe polecat, or black-footed polecat of America.
2. A skin of a polecat.

Verb

To use this kind of open weave.

Etymology

Shortening of fitchew, or directly borrowed from its antecedent, Middle Dutch vitsche (“polecat”). More at fitchew.

Synonyms

polecat

foulmart

foumart

fitchew

European polecat

Mustela putorius

Western polecat

ferret

marten

stoat

badger

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Translations

putois

turón

puzzola

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kokarca

tchórz

Iltis

putois d’Europe

europäischer Iltis

Stänker

Ratz

Waldiltis

κουνάβι

βρωμοκούναβο

νυφίτσα

Stinkmarder