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Vinony

fisher

noun

  1. person who fishes
  2. type of mammal
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈfɪʃɚ/ / /ˈfɪʃə/

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Etymology: From fisher (“fisherman”). Doublet of Fisker.

  1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a fisherman.
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  15. A sea area centered on the Fisher Bank off the west coast of Denmark.

noun

Etymology: From French fichet (“polecat pelt”), probably from Dutch visse (“nasty”); modified by folk etymology to resemble Etymology 1.

  1. A North American marten-like mammal (Pekania pennanti), that has thick brown fur.

    “In many ways the fisher resembles the pine marten, possessing many of the marten's tricks and manners.”

    “In the southeastern United States, Krohn et al. (1994) hypothesize that the inverse relationship between captures of fishers and martens by commercial trappers may result from an interaction between competitive displacement of marten by fisher and the avoidance of areas with deep and frequent snowfalls by fishers but not martens.”

  2. Fur of specimens of species Pekania pennanti.