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pekan

pekan noun: a fisher cat or fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti).

Noun

pekan (plural pekans)

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

pekan meaning in Tamil

pekan in Tamil

இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும்

Forms of pekan

pluralpekans

Origin of pekan

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

Questions about pekan

What does pekan mean?
Pekan means a fisher cat or fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti).
What is pekan in Tamil?
Pekan in Tamil is இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும். See Pekan meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pekan?
Pekan is a noun.
What is the plural of pekan?
The plural of pekan is pekans.

Words near pekan in the dictionary

  1. Pekala
  2. Pekalas
  3. Pekalongan
  4. Pekalski
  5. Pekalskis
  6. pekan
  7. Pekanbaru
  8. pekans
  9. pekapoo
  10. pekapoos
  11. Pekar

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pekan (page history and authors); pekan (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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