Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Polecat \Pole"cat`\, n. [Probably fr. F. poule hen, and
   originally, a poultry cat, because it feeds on poultry. See
   {Poultry}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) A small European carnivore of the Weasel family
       ({Putorius f[oe]tidus}). Its scent glands secrete a
       substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called
       also {fitchet}, {foulmart}, and {European ferret}.
   (b) The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied
       species.

Foumart \Fou"mart`\, n. [OE. folmard, fulmard; AS. f?l foul +
   mear?, meard, marten: cf. F. marte, martre. See {Foul}, a.,
   and {Marten} the quadruped.] (Zo["o]l.)
   The European polecat; -- called also {European ferret}, and
   {fitchew}. See {Polecat}. [Written also {foulmart},
   {foulimart}, and {fulimart}.]