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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A fisher cat or fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti)
2. 2
   large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal wordnet
3. 3
   An American marten (Martes americana).

Synonyms

All synonyms

black catfisherfisherfisher catmartes pennanti

Etymology

From the Abenaki apanakes (“pine marten, Martes americana”), or a Penobscot cognate of it.

Related phrases

fisher catmartes pennanti

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