pekan

[ pek-uh n ]

/ ˈpɛk ən /

the fisher, Martes pennanti.

Origin of pekan

1710–20, Americanism; < Canadian French pécan, pécant, pékan < Eastern Abenaki (French spelling) pékané

Even yet he had one advantage which no amount of courage or speed on the part of the pekan could have overcome.

Wild Folk |Samuel Scoville
Others call it the fisher, although it never fishes, while to the Indians it is the pekan—the killer-in-the-dark.

Wild Folk |Samuel Scoville
Later, a pekan, sometimes called a fisher, killed another one.

The Chief Engineer |Henry Abbott
The men shortened the line to thirty miles and for six times in succession did pekan destroy the traps.

The Story of the Trapper |A. C. Laut

If Pekan is hungry he doesn't hesitate to dine on Porcupine.

The Burgess Animal Book for Children |Thornton W. Burgess

pekan

/ (ˈpɛkən) /

another name for fisher (def. 2)

C18: from Canadian French pékan, of Algonquian origin; compare Abnaki pékané