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fitch

noun

Meaning

  1. The European polecat, Mustela putorius.
  2. The skin of the polecat
  3. A word found in the Authorized Version of the Bible, representing different Hebrew originals. In Isaiah xxviii. 25, 27, it means the black aromatic seeds of Nigella sativa. In Ezekiel iv. 9, the Revised Version now reads "spelt".

Etymology / origin

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Related words

polecat(English)foumart(English)foulmart(English)mustela putorius(English)federal(English)european polecat(English)marbled polecat(English)ferret(English)abercrombie(English)hollister(English)bandwagon(English)issuer(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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