pelican
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pel·i·can 
[pel-i-kuhn] Pronunciation Key
[pel-i-kuhn] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 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. |
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME pellican, OE < LL pelicānus, var. of pelecān < Gk pelek
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| pel·i·can
(pěl'ĭ-kən) Pronunciation Key
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 pelicānus, from Greek pelekan.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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pelican
O.E. pellicane, from L.L. pelecanus, from Gk. pelekan "pelican" (so used by Aristotle), apparently related to pelekas "woodpecker" and pelekys "ax," perhaps so called from the shape of the bird's bill. Used in Septuagint to translate Heb. qaath. The fancy that it feeds its young on its own blood is an Egyptian tradition properly belonging to some other bird.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| pelican | |
noun | |
| large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
U.S. Gazetteer - Cite This Source - Share This
Pelican Lake, WI Zip code(s): 54463
Pelican Rapids, MN (city, FIPS 50164) Location: 46.57082 N, 96.08563 W
Population (1990): 1886 (844 housing units)
Area: 6.4 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 56572
Pelican Bay, TX (town, FIPS 56640) Location: 32.92333 N, 97.51922 W
Population (1990): 1271 (537 housing units)
Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Pelican, LA Zip code(s): 71063
Pelican, AK (city, FIPS 59650) Location: 57.95316 N, 136.20985 W
Population (1990): 222 (98 housing units)
Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Pelican
Pel"e*can\, n. (Zo["o]l.) See Pelican.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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