fisher

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noun

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A person who catches fish, especially for a living or for sport; a person engaging in the pastime of fishing.

The fishers who live here left for the mainland only days ago as an unseasonable October storm ravaged the islands.

noun

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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.

name

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An English surname originating as an occupation for a fisherman.

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ADJ.

good, hardcore, many

My grandfather was a good fisher who could catch trout in any stream.

VERB + FISHER

concerns, fly, iron, marten, name, shop

The shop sells everything from fly rods to fisher gear for weekend anglers.

FISHER + NOUN

lynx, senegal, wolverine

The fisher lynx is rarely spotted in the northern forests of Canada.

PREP.

down, in

The old fisher sat down by the river with his fishing rod.

ADV.

also

The old fisher also knew where the best salmon were hiding.

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noun — large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal

pekan

noun — someone whose occupation is catching fish

fisherman

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The fishers who live here left for the mainland only days ago as an unseasonable October storm ravaged the islands.

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

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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 c

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The term "forest carnivores" denotes a smaller group of four species - the marten, fisher, lynx, and wolverine - and is only marginally descriptive, inasmuch as it excludes many carnivores that live i

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This is the boy whose name is Tom Fisher.

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He's a fly fisher.

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