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Definition of Pekan
1. Noun. Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.
Definition of Pekan
1. n. See Fisher, 2.
Definition of Pekan
1. Noun. The fisher cat, fisher; ''Martes pennanti''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pekan
1. a carnivorous mammal [n -S]
Medical Definition of Pekan
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pekan
Literary usage of Pekan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Waldo Burgess (1920)
"One is called Spite the Marten and the other pekan the Fisher. "Spite the Marten
is also called the Pine Marten and the American Sable, and he is one of the ..."
2. The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and by Georg Hartwig (1869)
"The American Glutton.—The Pine Marten.—The pekan, or Wood- shock.—The Chinga.—The
Mink.—The Canadian Fish-otter.—The Crossed Fox.—The Black or Silvery Fox. ..."
3. Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei by Karl-Heinz Reger (1997)
"pekan One of the loveliest towns, and most interesting from a cultural-historical
standpoint, is located 27 miles (44 km) south of Kuantan: the old royal ..."
4. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1851)
"pekan. (See H'easd.) PEKING, or PEKIN; a city of China, capital of the empire,
situated in a very fertile plain, 20 leagues distant from the Г t wall; lon. ..."
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