/pem"i keuhn/ , n.
dried meat pounded into a powder and mixed with hot fat and dried fruits or berries, pressed into a loaf or into small cakes, originally prepared by North American Indians.
Also, pemican .
[ 1735-45; pimihka·n, deriv. of pimihke·w he makes pemmican (mixing together the grease and other ingredients), he makes grease
pemihke·wa, equiv. to * pemy- grease + * -ehke· make ]