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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of the fisher, pekan, or Pennant's marten, Mustela pennanti, a large blackish marten peculiar to the northerly parts of North America. Also called
black-fox . See cut underfisher .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
fisher , North Americanmarten that has thick brown fur; Martes pennanti. - noun A cat with black
fur . - verb To do in some respect better than another.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal
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bilby commented on the word black cat
"A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere."
- Groucho Marx.
December 24, 2007