pekan

noun — 2 senses

pekan

noun

Etymology From the Abenaki apanakes (“pine marten, Martes americana”), or a Penobscot cognate of it.

1

A fisher cat or fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti)

2

An American marten (Martes americana).

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