Fitch Common

dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened

"The startled fitch emitted a foul musk as it fled through the dense underbrush."

The European polecat, Mustela putorius.

"The scholar noted that in this specific passage from the Authorized Version, the term fitch refers to the black aromatic seeds used as a grain substitute rather than flax shreds."

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".