noun. The European polecat Mustela putorius or its fur.

noun. The polecat or foulmart, Putorius vulgaris or P. fœtidus. See polecat.

noun. The fur of the polecat, formerly known as the fitchew, later shortened to fitch. See fitch, 2.

noun. polecat

"To be a dog, a mule, a cat, a fitchew, a toad, a lizard, an owl, a puttock, or a herring without a roe, I would not care; but to be Menelaus!"