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pelican
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pel·i·can  (pl-kn)
n.
Any of various large, web-footed birds of the genus Pelecanus of tropical and warm regions, having a long straight bill from which hangs a distensible pouch of skin for catching and holding fish.

[Middle English, from Old English pellican and from Old French pelican, both from Late Latin pelicnus, from Greek pelekan.]

pelican [ˈpɛlɪkən]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any aquatic bird of the tropical and warm water family Pelecanidae, such as P. onocrotalus (white pelican): order Pelecaniformes. They have a long straight flattened bill, with a distensible pouch for engulfing fish
[Old English pellican, from Late Latin pelicānus, from Greek pelekān; perhaps related to Greek pelekus axe, perhaps from the shape of the bird's bill; compare Greek pelekas woodpecker]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.pelican - large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fishpelican - large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish
pelecaniform seabird - large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, white pelican - large American pelican; white with black wing feathers
Old world white pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus - similar to American white pelican
Translations
pelican [ˈpelɪkən]
A. Npelícano m
B. CPD pelican crossing Nsemáforo m sonoro

pelican [ˈpɛlɪkən] npélican m
pelican crossing n (British)passage avec feux de circulation)m pour piétons >

pelican
nPelikan m

pelican [ˈpɛlɪkən] npellicano

pelican
n pelican [ˈpelikən]
a kind of large water-bird with a large beak with a pouch for carrying fish. pelikaan طائِر البَجَع пеликан pelikán pelikan der Pelikan πελεκάνος pelícano pelikan پلیکان pelikaani pélican שַׁקנַאי जलासिंह pelikan pelikán pelikan pelíkani pellicano ペリカン 펠리컨 pelikanas pelikāns burung undan pelikaan pelikan pelikan pelicano pelican пеликан pelikán pelikan pelikan pelikan นกกระทุง pelikan 鵜鶘,塘鵝 пелікан ماہي خور آبي پرندہ chim bồ nông 鹈鹕,

pelican بَجَعَة pelikán pelikan Pelikan πελεκάνος pelícano pelikaani pélican pelikan pellicano ペリカン 펠리컨 pelikaan pelikan pelikan pelicano пеликан pelikan นกกระทุง pelikan chim bồ nông 鹈鹕


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Leir says I am as kind as is the Pellican, That kils it selfe, to saue her young ones liues: And yet as ielous as the princely Eagle, That kils her young ones, if they do but dazel Vpon the radiant splendor of the Sunne.
In a letter addressed to Conrad Pellican in 1553 (Zentral Bibliothek, Zurich, ms.
His correspondence reveals contacts with the Alsatian humanist Jacob Wimpheling and the Hebraists Johann Reuchlin and Conrad Pellican.
 
 
 
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