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p 3 e 1 m 3 m 3 i 1 c 3 a 1 n 1

8 letters · 16 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat; used especially by North American Indians

originFrom Cree ᐱᒦᐦᑳᐣ (pimiihkaan, “pemmican”), from Cree ᐱᒥᕀ (pimiy, “grease, oil, lard”) + -ᐃᐦᑳᐣ (-ihkaan, “hand made”), from Proto-Algonquian *pemyi.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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