English Explanatory Dictionary

pekan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fisher cat or fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti)
  2. An American marten (Martes americana).

Word forms

pekan pekans

Etymology

From the Abenaki apanakes (“pine marten, Martes americana”), or a Penobscot cognate of it.

Related words

pecan
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