fitch

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

polecat

foulmart

foumart

fitchew

European polecat

Mustela putorius

Western polecat

ferret

marten

stoat

badger

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Translations

putois

turón

puzzola

🦨

kokarca

Iltis

putois d’Europe

europäischer Iltis

Stänker

Ratz

Waldiltis

κουνάβι

βρωμοκούναβο

νυφίτσα

Stinkmarder

Etymology

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