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pekan
[ pek-uhn ]
noun
- the fisher, Martes pennanti.
pekan
/ ˈɛə /
noun
- another name for fisher
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of pekan1
1710–20, Americanism; < Canadian French pécan, pécant, pékan < Eastern Abenaki ( French spelling) é첹é
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of pekan1
C18: from Canadian French é첹, of Algonquian origin; compare Abnaki é첹é
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Later, a pekan, sometimes called a fisher, killed another one.
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In his article he gives the pekan the credit of showing considerable cunning and finesses.
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Porcupines have few foes that habitually prey on them, although it is said that there is an exception in the shape of the pekan—the big, savage sable, inappropriately called fisher by the English-speaking woodsmen.
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He recognises the trail of otter or pekan or mink.
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It is known as the wood-shock or pekan, and is also called the black cat, and fisher.
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