DCHP-1 Online
nekik [< Algonk.: Ojibwa nekeek] 
n. the otter.
- c1902 (1912) All trapped between latitude thirty-five and sixty is good fur; and the best is that taken toward the end of winter when scarcely a russet hair should be found in the long over-fur of nekik's coat.
- 1781 (1934) [This is called the Ne-keek Wine-e-cap or Otter Carrying place.]
- c1902 (1912) All trapped between latitude thirty-five and sixty is good fur; and the best is that taken toward the end of winter when scarcely a russet hair should be found in the long over-fur of nekik's coat.