fisher cat

English

Etymology

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

Noun

fisher cat (plural fisher cats)

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

Synonyms

• fisher

Translations

Martes pennanti — see fisher

See also

• fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)

Anagrams

• catfisher