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Fisher

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noun. One that fishes, as a person or ship engaged in fishing.

noun. undefined

noun. A carnivorous mammal (Martes pennanti) of northern North America, having thick, dark-brown fur.

noun. The fur of this animal.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

noun. One whose occupation or sport is the catching of fish; a fisherman.

noun. The pekan, wejack, black-cat, or Pennant's marten, Mustela pennanti of Erxleben (1777), M. canadensis of Schreber (1778), the largest North American carnivorous quadruped of the family Mustelidæ and subfamily Mustelinæ with the exception of the wolverene: so called from its habit of catching fish.

noun. plural In ornithology, specifically, the Piscatores, Totipalmati, or Steganopodes. E. Blyth.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

noun. One who fishes.

noun. A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela Canadensis); the pekan; the “black cat.”

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

noun. A North American marten that has thick brown fur, Martes pennanti.

noun. The fur of this animal.

noun. A person or ship that is engaged in fishing.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

noun. someone whose occupation is catching fish

noun. large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal

Word Usage

""Why, because a fisher is a kind of a Spartan animal, while he is about his business.""

cross-reference

bottom-fisher fisher's berry fisher's seal free fisher

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

marten marten cat

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Fischer disher fissure swisher wisher

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

Fishers beaver coon coyote crofter

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

angler big marten black cat black fox dibber