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fisher

A mammal, related to the marten, native to North America; length, up to 1 m/3¼ ft; thick brown-black coat; inhabits dense forest; eats small mammals, birds, carrion; also known as pekan (Martes pennanti). (Family: Mustelidae.)

Fisher or Fishers can mean:-

Animals

Fisher (Martes pennanti), a North American marten.

Colleges

Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University

Companies

Fisher Automobile Company, first automobile dealership in the United States. Fisher Space Pen Co., makers of the Fisher Space Pen.

Places

Fisher, Australian Capital Territory Fisher Bank, a sea area of the UK shipping forecast. Fisher, Illinois Division of Fisher, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland. Electoral district of Fisher, a state electoral district in South Australia. Fishers, Indiana Fishers, New York Fishers Island, New York Fisher, Alaska, Volcano on the Aleutian Islands, in Alaska.

Video Game Characters

Sam Fisher in the Splinter Cell series

Comic

Fisher a syndicated comic strip by Warren Clements

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