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

There is a well-known instance of Hudson's Bay trappers having a line of one hundred and fifty marten traps stretching for fifty miles robbed of their bait by pekan.

From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.

The men shortened the line to thirty miles and for six times in succession did pekan destroy the traps.

From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.

The Indians gave it the name of pekan.

From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919 by Northern Nut Growers Association

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

From The Chief Engineer by Abbott, Henry

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.

From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.