I. pə-ˈnäb-ˌskät, -skət noun
( plural -scot or -scots )
Etymology: earlier Panawamske, from Eastern Abenaki pαnáwαhpskek, a village name, literally, where the rocks widen
Date: 1624
: a member of an American Indian people of the Penobscot River valley and Penobscot Bay region of Maine
II. pə-ˈnäb-ˌskät, -skət geographical name
river 101 miles (162 kilometers ) central Maine flowing S into Penobscot Bay (inlet of the Atlantic)