pekan

Meanings

Plural: pekans

Noun

large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal
A fisher cat or fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti)
An American marten (Martes americana).

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

black cat, fisher, fisher cat, Martes pennanti

Scrabble Score: 11

pekan is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
pekan is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pekan is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

pekan is a valid Words With Friends word