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

Besides, the pekan has many tricks akin to the wolverine.

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

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.

In his article he gives the pekan the credit of showing considerable cunning and finesses.

From Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. by Hunter, Martin

The resort of the pekan is principally along the mountain ranges, never in the black spruce or flat barren country of the table land or to the north of it.

From Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. by Hunter, Martin

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

From The Chief Engineer by Abbott, Henry