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Definitions for Pelican
[1] any of several large, totipalmate, fish-eating birds of the family Pelecanidae, having a large bill with a distensible pouch.
[2] a still or retort with two tubes that leave the body from the neck, curve in opposite directions, and reenter the body through the belly.
[3] 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
Words nearby Pelican
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Origin of Pelican
before 1000; Middle English pellican, Old English < Late Latin pelicānus, variant of pelecān < Greek pelekā́n
Word origin for Pelican
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