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black cat 
a weasel-like fur-bearer, Martes pennanti.
See also: fished out
- c1902 (1912) This is wuchak the fisher, or pekan, commonly called "the black cat"-- who, in spite of his fishy name, hates water as cats hate it.
- 1946 In appearance this animal [Martes pennanti] looks like a long-bodied black fox and is sometimes nicknamed the Black Cat, but it is a true weasel and a larger cousin of the Marten.
- c1902 (1912) This is wuchak the fisher, or pekan, commonly called "the black cat"-- who, in spite of his fishy name, hates water as cats hate it.