fisher

(A)  any animal that catches fish for food

(B)

(also ‘fisher cat‘, ‘pekan’ and ‘North American marten’)

a fisher

a kind of animal – mammal – related to the weasels – medium-sized with long body with short legs; darkish brown coat (hair); cone-shaped head; grows to 25-45 inches long and weighs 2-7 Kg.; feeds on hares, rabbits, squirrels, mice, porcupine, birds, eggs and sometimes fruit; lives in trees; lives for about 10 years in the wild; found in North America

five claws on each paw

Special Features:

Though this animal is called ‘fisher’, it does not eat fish.  The name ‘fish’ has come from the French word ‘fitchet’ which means ‘polecat’, a kind of animal that looks like (resembles) a marten and belongs to weasel family!

A fisher has five toe-claws on each of its four feet.  It can turn its hind (back) paws 180 degrees, and so it can climb trees very well just like a squirrel.

The pelt (skin with hair) of a fisher has good demand in the fur trade!

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Note: ‘Fisher’, always with a capital ‘F’, is often found in the names of people, e.g. Isla Fisher, Garth Fisher, Antwone Fisher, Edna Fisher, etc. For an article that gives us the origin of this word as a surname or last name, please click here.
Figures of Speech:
a fisher (noun)  =  (old usage)  a fisherman (= a person who catches and sells fish as a job)

If directed from People & Professions, back to “fisherman“

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