fitchetn.
/ˈfɪtʃɪt/ 1. = fitchew n. 1, 2.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Mustela (weasel) > mustela putorius (polecat)
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1535 in F. W. Weaver Wells Wills (1890) 29 My blew furryd gowne of fechets.
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. i. 14 The Fichat..and the like creatures.
1772 T. Simpson Compl. Vermin-killer 23 The Polecat, Fitchat, Fitchew, Formet.
1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 332/1 To this [its fetid smell] it is indebted for its..English names fitchet, fitchew.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Mustela (weasel)
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fitchet1693
1693 J. Ray Synopsis Animalium Quadrupedum 195.
1714 R. Richardson in Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 170 He [sc. Ray] says that Mustela vulgaris is called here a Foumart or Fitchet.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Fitchet ..sometimes incorrectly applied to a weasel.
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