pemican vs meat

pemican and meat both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pemican	Yes	No	No	No
meat	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, meat is a hypernym of pemican; that is, meat is a word with a broader meaning than pemican:

pemican: lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat; used especially by North American Indians
meat: the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food

pemican (noun)	meat (noun)
lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat; used especially by North American Indians	the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
	the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
	the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone