pekan

[ pek-uhn ]

noun

1. the fisher, Martes pennanti.

pekan

/ ˈpɛkən /

noun

1. another name for fisher

Word History and Origins

Origin of pekan¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of pekan¹

C18: from Canadian French pékan, of Algonquian origin; compare Abnaki pékané

Example Sentences

Others call it the fisher, although it never fishes, while to the Indians it is the pekan—the killer-in-the-dark.

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Even yet he had one advantage which no amount of courage or speed on the part of the pekan could have overcome.

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Spite can catch a Squirrel in the tree tops, but Pekan can catch Spite, and often does.

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After feinting till the Kahk would not strike, the pekan began a new manceuvre.

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A third had caught a pekan; but the prisoner had been worried and torn to atoms.

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