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pekan

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from apanakes — “pine marten, Martes americana”

Definitions

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

  2. An American marten (Martes americana).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA