pekan

[ pek-uhn ]

/ ˈpɛk ən /

noun

the fisher, Martes pennanti.

Origin of pekan

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

Words nearby pekan

Peiraeus, Peiraievs, Peirce, pejoration, pejorative, pekan, peke, pekepoo, pekin, Peking, Peking duck

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Example sentences from the Web for pekan

Even yet he had one advantage which no amount of courage or speed on the part of the pekan could have overcome.
Wild Folk|Samuel Scoville
Others call it the fisher, although it never fishes, while to the Indians it is the pekan—the killer-in-the-dark.
Wild Folk|Samuel Scoville
Later, a pekan, sometimes called a fisher, killed another one.
The Chief Engineer|Henry Abbott
The men shortened the line to thirty miles and for six times in succession did pekan destroy the traps.
The Story of the Trapper|A. C. Laut

If Pekan is hungry he doesn't hesitate to dine on Porcupine.
The Burgess Animal Book for Children|Thornton W. Burgess

British Dictionary definitions for pekan

pekan

/ (ˈpɛkən) /

noun

another name for fisher (def. 2)

Word Origin for pekan

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

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单词	pekan
释义	pekan [ pek-uhn ] / ˈpɛk ən / noun the fisher, Martes pennanti. Origin of pekan 1710–20, Americanism;<Canadian French pécan, pécant, pékan<Eastern Abenaki (French spelling) pékané Words nearby pekan Peiraeus, Peiraievs, Peirce, pejoration, pejorative, pekan, peke, pekepoo, pekin, Peking, Peking duck Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pekan Even yet he had one advantage which no amount of courage or speed on the part of the pekan could have overcome. Wild Folk\|Samuel Scoville Others call it the fisher, although it never fishes, while to the Indians it is the pekan—the killer-in-the-dark. Wild Folk\|Samuel Scoville Later, a pekan, sometimes called a fisher, killed another one. The Chief Engineer\|Henry Abbott The men shortened the line to thirty miles and for six times in succession did pekan destroy the traps. The Story of the Trapper\|A. C. Laut If Pekan is hungry he doesn't hesitate to dine on Porcupine. The Burgess Animal Book for Children\|Thornton W. Burgess British Dictionary definitions for pekan pekan / (ˈpɛkən) / noun another name for fisher (def. 2) Word Origin for pekan C18: from Canadian French pékan, of Algonquian origin; compare Abnaki pékané Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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