fisher cat

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fisher cat

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

noun fisher cats

A North American carnivorous mammal (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti) of the weasel family.
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@misc{fisher_cat_2026,
  title = {fisher cat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fisher%20cat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}