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n. - Large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal.

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  • During these rambles we sometimes saw an animal resembling an otter, in size, shape and color, called a pekan or fisher; but for want of a dog to tree them, did not...
  • Temuan ini akan dipresentasikan di World Conference on Marine Biology, di Valencia, Spanyol, awal pekan ini.
  • Yes, the solitary, crepuscular mammal known to Native Americans as the pekan, pequam or wejack, which closely resembles a European polecat.
  • Setelah semburan lumpur berhawa panas selama beberapa pekan, sebuah gempa besar melanda wilayah tersebut sehingga banyak rumah warga yang roboh.
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