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▪ I. pekan|ˈpɛkən|
[Canadian Fr. pekan, ad. Abnaki (Eastern Algonkin) pékané (Rasles).]
A carnivorous beast (Martes pennanti) of the weasel family, a native of the northern parts of North America, valuable for its fur; called also Pennant's marten; = fisher1 2 b; also, the fur of this beast.
1760T. Jefferys Nat. & Civil Hist. French Dominions i. 37 The fur of this animal [sc. a kind of pole-cat], as also that of the Pekan, another creature of the wild-cat kind,..are what is called the Menuë Peleterie, or lesser furs. 1771T. Pennant Synopsis Quadrupeds 224 The Pekan and Vison of M. de Buffon resemble each other so nearly, that I do not separate them. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 200 Fisher. In Canada he is called Pekan. 1870J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce ii. 270 The pekan inhabits North America, and is also called Hudson's Bay Sable. 1877Coues Fur Anim. iii. 65 The Pekan is much the largest of the genus, and indeed of the whole Weasel kind.., excepting only the Wolverene and Grison. 1910E. T. Seton Life-Hist. Northern Animals II. 926 The name ‘Pekan’, first recorded by Charlevoix (1744) and popularized by Buffon 1765, is the Abenaki name, adopted without change. 1963R. D. Symons Many Trails xvii. 177 It was one of the loveliest and rarest of fur-bearers—a pekan or fisher. 1973R. Fiennes Headless Valley v. 93 Pekans are better known as Fishers which is strange since they never fish.
▪ II. pekan
variant of pecan. |