Fisher

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that fishes, as a person or ship engaged in fishing.
  • n. A carnivorous mammal (Martes pennanti) of northern North America, having thick, dark-brown fur. Also called pekan, wejack.
  • n. The fur of this animal.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A person or ship that is engaged in fishing.
  • n. A North American marten that has thick brown fur, Martes pennanti.
  • n. The fur of this animal.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who fishes.
  • n. A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela Canadensis); the pekan; the “black cat.”
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One whose occupation or sport is the catching of fish; a fisherman.
  • n. 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.
  • n. plural In ornithology, specifically, the Piscatores, Totipalmati, or Steganopodes. E. Blyth.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone whose occupation is catching fish
  • n. large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    marten cat    marten   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fisherman    piscator    piscatorian    piscatorialist    angler    peterman    wormer    jacker    dibber    drifter   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Fischer    disher    fissure    swisher    wisher   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lynx    muskrat    Fishers    ermine    coon    otter    wolverine    beaver    fisherman    squirrel