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pekan

[ pek-uhn ]

noun

  1. the fisher, Martes pennanti.


pekan

/ ˈɛə /

noun

  1. another name for fisher
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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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Example Sentences

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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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