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pemican
pem·mi·can also pem·i·can P0159100 (pĕm′ĭ-kən)n.1. A food prepared by Native Americans from lean dried strips of meat pounded into paste, mixed with fat and berries, and pressed into small cakes.2. A food made chiefly from beef, dried fruit, and suet, used as emergency rations.
[Cree pimihkān, from pimihkēw, he makes grease, makes pemmican, from Proto-Algonquian *pemihkēwa : *pemyi, grease + *-ehkē-, to make, gather.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  pemican - lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat; used especially by North American Indianspemmicanmeat - the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food |
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Related to pemican: pemmican, bannock, hardtackSynonyms for pemicannoun lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fatSynonymsRelated Words |