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pekan

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An American marten (Martes americana).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 3

large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fisher, fisher cat, black cat, Martes pennanti

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: marten, marten cat

History

Etymology

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