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pemican Definition


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pemmican
pemican
noun
    1. A Native American food of dried meat beaten to a paste and mixed with fat.
    2. A similarly condensed and nutritious mixture of dried ingredients used as emergency rations.
Etymology: 19c: from Cree (a Native American language) pimekan.



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