Fisher cat

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A North American carnivorous mammal (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti) of the weasel family.
  2. 2
    large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal wordnet

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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