[app. popular alteration of a native form of WOODCHUCK (see WEJACK).] A North American species of marten or its fur: = FISHER 2 b. PEKAN.
1829. J. Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Amer., I. 52. Mustela Canadensis (Lin.) The Pekan or Fisher…. Its skins are … imported into England … under the names of Woodshocks or Fishers.
