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PEKAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pekan mean?
• PEKAN (noun)
The noun PEKAN has 1 sense:
1. large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal
Familiarity information: PEKAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
black cat; fisher; fisher cat; Martes pennanti; pekan
Hypernyms ("pekan" is a kind of...):
marten; marten cat (agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger than weasels)
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