pekan

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noun

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

Similar
fisherfisher catblack catMartes pennanti
OriginAbenaki apanakes →
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Meanings

nounpekan (plural pekans)

plural pekans

  1. A fisher cat or fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti)
  2. An American marten (Martes americana).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounlarge dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal

Similar
fisherfisher catblack catMartes pennanti
Broader
martenmarten cat
Also see
black catfisherfisher cat

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Abenakiapanakes“pine marten, Martes americana”
  2. Englishpekan

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Panekknape
Cite this entry
APA

pekan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pekan

MLA

“pekan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pekan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pekan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pekan.

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