fisher cat
Meanings
noun
- A North American carnivorous mammal (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti) of the weasel family.
Word forms
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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