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fisher | fishery |

As a proper noun fisher

is for a fisherman.

As a noun fishery is

(senseid)(uncountable) fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.

fisher

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who catches fish, especially for a living.
  • A person attempting to catch fish.
  • A ship used for fishing.
  • Usage notes
    Traditionally less common than fisherman, "fisher" is gaining in use as a more gender-inclusive alternative.
    Synonyms
    * (catcher of wild fish) fisherman, angler, piscary, piscator, piscatorian, piscatorialist, piscicapturist * (catcher of captive fish) fish farmer, pisciculturist * (ship) fisherman

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A North American marten, , that has thick brown fur.
  • * 1969 , Rutherford George Montgomery, The Living Wilderness , page 13,
  • In many ways the fisher resembles the pine marten, possessing many of the marten's tricks and manners.
  • * 1998 , Thomas E. Kucera, American Marten, Fisher, Lynx, and Wolverine: Survey Methods for Their Detection , page 62,
  • 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.
  • * 2003 , Cynthia J. Zabel, Robert G. Anthony, Mammal Community Dynamics , page 207,
  • 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 in forests, and includes the wolverine, which can thrive in the complete absence of trees.
  • The fur of Martes pennanti .
  • Synonyms
    * (Martes pennanti) pekan, fisher cat, black cat, fisher marten, big marten, black fox
    See also
    * * (Martes pennanti) * (Martes pennanti)

    fishery

    English

    Noun

    (fisheries)
  • (senseid)(uncountable) Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.
  • (senseid)(countable) A place related to fishing, particularly:
  • # A place where fish or other seafood are caught: a fishing ground.
  • # A place where fish or other seafood are raised: a fish farm.
  • # A place where fish or other seafood are processed: a seafood factory.
  • (senseid)(countable) A right to fish in a particular location.
  • (senseid)(countable) A fishing company.
  • Synonyms

    * (fishing) See * (place to capture fish) fishing ground, fishing space, piscary * (place to raise fish) See * (right to capture fish) fishing right, piscary, piscage