pekan

pek·an

P0153800 (pĕk′ən)n. See fisher.

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[Canadian French pékan, from Eastern Abenaki pékané.]

pekan

(ˈpɛkən) n (Animals) another name for fisher²[C18: from Canadian French pékan, of Algonquian origin; compare Abnaki pékané]

fish•er

(ˈfɪʃ ər)

n. 1. a fisherman. 2. a dark-furred North American marten, Martes pennanti. 3. the fur of this animal. [before 900]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pekan - large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammalblack cat, fisher cat, Martes pennanti, fishermarten, marten cat - agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels