pekan

Etymology

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

pekan means A fisher cat or fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.

noun

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