# fisher cat

> English word · Noun

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

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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