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fisher cat

fisher cat noun: a North American carnivorous mammal (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti) of the weasel family.

Noun

fisher cat (plural fisher cats)

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

Synonyms of fisher cat

Forms of fisher cat

pluralfisher cats

Origin of fisher cat

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

Questions about fisher cat

What does fisher cat mean?
Fisher cat means a North American carnivorous mammal (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti) of the weasel family.
What part of speech is fisher cat?
Fisher cat is a noun.
What is the plural of fisher cat?
The plural of fisher cat is fisher cats.

Words near fisher cat in the dictionary

  1. Fishels
  2. fishen
  3. Fishenden
  4. Fishendens
  5. fisher
  6. fisher cat
  7. fisher cats
  8. Fisher County
  9. Fisher information
  10. Fisher King
  11. Fisher's seahorse

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