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1. (n.) pelican
any of several large, web-footed birds of the family Pelecanidae, of warmer regions of the world, having an expandable throat pouch.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME pellican, OE < LL pelicānus, var. of pelecān < Gk pelek&amacracute;n)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pelican
large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish
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1. (noun) pelican
a large sea bird with a bag-like piece of skin under its beak
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1. (noun) Pelican
any large webfooted bird of the genus Pelecanus, of which about a dozen species are known. They have an enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored
2. (noun) Pelican
a retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Pelican
a bird, the effigy of which was used in the Middle Ages to symbolise charity; generally represented as wounding its breast to feed its young with its own blood, and which became the image of the Christ who shed His blood for His people.
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Sense: a kind of large water-bird with a large beak with a pouch for carrying fish.
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 Afrikaans: pelikaan |
 Arabic: طائِر البَجَع |
 Bulgarian: пеликан |
 Brazilian: pelicano |
 Czech: pelikán |
 German: der Pelikan |
 Danish: pelikan |
 Greek: πελεκάνος |
 Spanish: pelícano |
 Estonian: pelikan |
 Farsi: پلیکان |
 Finnish: pelikaani |
 French: pélican |
 Hebrew: שַׁקנַאי |
 Hindi: जलासिंह |
 Croatian: pelikan |
 Hungarian: pelikán |
 Indonesian: pelikan |
 Icelandic: pelíkani |
 Italian: pellicano |
 Japanese: ペリカン |
 Korean: 펠리컨 |
 Lithuanian: pelikanas |
 Latvian: pelikāns |
 Malay: burung undan |
 Dutch: pelikaan |
 Norwegian: pelikan |
 Polish: pelikan |
 Persian: پلیکان |
 Pashto: ماهى خورك مرغه |
 Portuguese: pelicano |
 Romanian: pelican |
 Russian: пеликан |
 Slovak: pelikán |
 Slovenian: pelikan |
 Serbian: pelikan |
 Swedish: pelikan |
 Thai: นกกระทุง |
 Turkish: pelikan |
 Taiwanese: 鵜鶘，塘鵝 |
 Ukrainian: пелікан |
 Urdu: ماہي خور آبي پرندہ |
 Vietnamese: chim bồ nông |
 Chinese: 鹈鹕，塘鹅 |
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