fisher cat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A North American carnivorous mammal (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti) of the weasel family.

Word forms

fisher cat fisher cats

Etymology

From French fiche or fichet (“polecat pelt”), from Middle Dutch visse (“nasty”) (contemporary Dutch: vies (“nasty, dirty”)), influenced by fisher.

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