Meaning Of The Word Pelican

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pelican
countable noun: A pelican is a type of large water bird. It catches fish and keeps them in the bottom part of its beak which is shaped like a large bag.

pelican in American English
any of a genus (Pelecanus, family Pelecanidae) of pelecaniform birds with a distensible pouch which hangs from the large lower bill and is used to scoop up or store fish
noun: any of several large, totipalmate, fish-eating birds of the family Pelecanidae, having a large bill with a distensible pouch

pelican in British English
noun: 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

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