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fisher cat

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables
fish-er -cat
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

fisher cats (plural)

Phrases

fishing cat

Frequently Paired Words

fishing cat

Synonyms

fisher pekan black cat martes pennanti

Questions

What does fisher cat mean?
A North American carnivorous mammal (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti) of the weasel family.
Where does fisher cat come from?
It is traced to French.

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