fisher cat

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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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fisher cat (plural fisher cats)

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

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