Meanings
nounfishing cat (plural fishing cats)
plural fishing cats
- A medium-sized cat whose habitat range extends through Indochina, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sumatra and Java; (Prionailurus viverrinus).
Translations
Arabic قِطّ صَيَّاد السَمَك, قِطّ سَمَاك
- قِطّ صَيَّاد السَمَك (qiṭṭ ṣayyād as-samak)Prionailurus viverrinus
- قِطّ سَمَاك (qiṭṭ samāk)Prionailurus viverrinus
Bengali মেছোবাঘ, টলা
- মেছোবাঘ (mechōbagh)Prionailurus viverrinus
- টলা (ṭola)Prionailurus viverrinus
Bulgarian котка рибар
- котка рибар (kotka ribar)Prionailurus viverrinus
Catalan gat pescador
- gat pescadorPrionailurus viverrinus
Chinese Mandarin 漁貓 /渔猫
- 漁貓 /渔猫 (yúmāo)Prionailurus viverrinus
Czech kočka rybářská
- kočka rybářskáPrionailurus viverrinus
Danish fiskekat
- fiskekatPrionailurus viverrinus
Dutch vissende kat, viskat
- vissende katPrionailurus viverrinus
- viskatPrionailurus viverrinus
Esperanto fiŝa kato
- fiŝa katoPrionailurus viverrinus
Estonian kalakass
- kalakassPrionailurus viverrinus
Finnish kalastajakissa
- kalastajakissaPrionailurus viverrinus
French chat viverrin, chat pêcheur
- chat viverrinPrionailurus viverrinus
- chat pêcheurPrionailurus viverrinus
German Fischkatze
- FischkatzePrionailurus viverrinus
Hebrew חתול דגים נמרי
- חתול דגים נמרי (khatúl dagim nemeri)Prionailurus viverrinus
Icelandic vatnaköttur
- vatnakötturPrionailurus viverrinus
Irish cat iascaireachta
- cat iascaireachtaPrionailurus viverrinus
Italian gatto viverrino, gatto pescatore
- gatto viverrinoPrionailurus viverrinus
- gatto pescatorePrionailurus viverrinus
Korean 고기잡이삵
- 고기잡이삵 (gogijabisak)Prionailurus viverrinus
Malay kucing ikan
- kucing ikanPrionailurus viverrinus
Norwegian Bokmål fiskerkatt
- fiskerkattPrionailurus viverrinus
Polish kotek cętkowany, kot cętkowany
- kotek cętkowanyPrionailurus viverrinus
- kot cętkowanyPrionailurus viverrinus
- tarajPrionailurus viverrinus
Portuguese gato-pescador
- gato-pescadorPrionailurus viverrinus
Russian ко́шка-рыболо́в
- ко́шка-рыболо́в (kóška-rybolóv)Prionailurus viverrinus
Slovak mačka rybárska
- mačka rybárskaPrionailurus viverrinus
Spanish gato pescador
- gato pescadorPrionailurus viverrinus
Swedish fiskarkatt
- fiskarkattPrionailurus viverrinus
Thai เสือปลา
- เสือปลา (sʉ̌ʉabplaa)Prionailurus viverrinus
Turkish balıkçı kedi
- balıkçı kediPrionailurus viverrinus
Ukrainian віверіна, кіт-рибалка
- віверіна (viverina)Prionailurus viverrinus
- кіт-рибалка (kit-rybalka)Prionailurus viverrinus
Vietnamese mèo cá class con
- mèo cá class conPrionailurus viverrinus
Cite this entry
APA
fishing cat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fishing%20cat
MLA
“fishing cat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fishing%20cat. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fishing cat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fishing%20cat.
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