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Pemmican

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Noun

1. pemican, pemmican

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pemmican

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noun
a small pressed cake of shredded dried meat, pounded into paste with fat and berries or dried fruits, used originally by Native Americans and now chiefly for emergency rations

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Pemmican

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noun
1. 
dried lean meat, pounded into a paste with fat and preserved in the form of pressed cakes
2. 
dried beef, suet, dried fruit, etc., prepared as a concentrated high-energy food, used for emergency rations

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pemmican

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n.
1. A food prepared by Native Americans from lean dried strips of meat pounded into paste, mixed with fat and berries, and pressed into small cakes.
2. A food made chiefly from beef, dried fruit, and suet, used as emergency rations.

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