pekan

American  

[pek-uhn] / ˈpɛk ən /

noun

1. the fisher, Martes pennanti.

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pekan British  

/ ˈpɛkən /

noun

1. another name for fisher

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Etymology

Origin of pekan

1710–20, < Canadian French pécan, pécant, pékan < Eastern Abenaki ( French spelling) pékané

Example Sentences

Later, a pekan, sometimes called a fisher, killed another one.

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For many years the Saguenay River appeared to have been the boundary line for moose, red deer and pekan, none being known on the east side, while fairly numerous on the west bank.

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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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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.

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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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