What is the meaning of Pemmican?

  • (n.) A treatise of much thought in little compass.
  • (n.) Meat, without the fat, cut in thin slices, dried in the sun, pounded, then mixed with melted fat and sometimes dried fruit, and compressed into cakes or in bags. It contains much nutriment in small compass, and is of great use in long voyages of exploration.
  • (n.) Among the North American Indians, meat cut in thin slices, divested of fat, and dried in the sun.
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APAWebster's. (2011). pemmican. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/pemmican/definitions/2043265
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HarvardWebster's 2011, pemmican, Smart Define, viewed 26 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/pemmican/definitions/2043265>.
MLAWebster's. "pemmican" 27 May 2011. Web. 26 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/pemmican/definitions/2043265>
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