pekann.

Brit.

/ˈpɛk(ə)n/, U.S.

/pəˈkɑn/,

/pəˈkæn/,

/ˈpiˌkɑn/,

/ˈpiˌkæn/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pekan.

Etymology: < Canadian French †pekan (1744; 1703 as †peckan; also a1716 as peccan, 1738 as †pécan; now pékan) < Micmac pqamk. Compare Maliseet-Passamaquody pəkəmk.

The fisher (marten), Martes pennanti, of North America.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Martes (marten) > martes pennanti (fisher)

pekan1760

fisher weasel1771

peskan1773

fisher1796

tree-cat1885

tree-fox1904

1760 T. Jefferys Nat. & Civil Hist. French Dominions N. & S. Amer. I. 37 The fur of this animal [sc. a kind of pole-cat], as also that of the Pekan, another creature of the wild-cat kind,..are what is called the Menuë Peleterie, or lesser furs.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 200 Fisher. In Canada he is called Pekan.

1843 W. A. Ferris in Life in Rocky Mts. (1940) xlvi. 241 During these rambles we sometimes saw an animal resembling an otter, in size, shape and color, called a pekan or a fisher.

1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce ii. 270 The pekan inhabits North America, and is also called Hudson's Bay Sable.

1910 E. T. Seton Life-hist. Northern Animals II. 926 The name ‘Pekan’, first recorded by Charlevoix (1744) and popularized by Buffon 1765, is the Abenaki name, adopted without change.

1973 R. Fiennes Headless Valley v. 93 Pekans are better known as Fishers which is strange since they never fish.

1992 Smithsonian 23 56 Among the North American fauna there is..one more or less professional porcupine killer. This is the fisher, or pekan.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pekan
释义	pekann. Brit. /ˈpɛk(ə)n/, U.S. /pəˈkɑn/, /pəˈkæn/, /ˈpiˌkɑn/, /ˈpiˌkæn/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pekan. Etymology: < Canadian French †pekan (1744; 1703 as †peckan; also a1716 as peccan, 1738 as †pécan; now pékan) < Micmac pqamk. Compare Maliseet-Passamaquody pəkəmk. The fisher (marten), Martes pennanti, of North America. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Martes (marten) > martes pennanti (fisher) pekan1760 fisher weasel1771 peskan1773 fisher1796 tree-cat1885 tree-fox1904 1760 T. Jefferys Nat. & Civil Hist. French Dominions N. & S. Amer. I. 37 The fur of this animal [sc. a kind of pole-cat], as also that of the Pekan, another creature of the wild-cat kind,..are what is called the Menuë Peleterie, or lesser furs. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 200 Fisher. In Canada he is called Pekan. 1843 W. A. Ferris in Life in Rocky Mts. (1940) xlvi. 241 During these rambles we sometimes saw an animal resembling an otter, in size, shape and color, called a pekan or a fisher. 1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce ii. 270 The pekan inhabits North America, and is also called Hudson's Bay Sable. 1910 E. T. Seton Life-hist. Northern Animals II. 926 The name ‘Pekan’, first recorded by Charlevoix (1744) and popularized by Buffon 1765, is the Abenaki name, adopted without change. 1973 R. Fiennes Headless Valley v. 93 Pekans are better known as Fishers which is strange since they never fish. 1992 Smithsonian 23 56 Among the North American fauna there is..one more or less professional porcupine killer. This is the fisher, or pekan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1760
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