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Definition of pelican

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Pelican (n.) 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..

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Spelicans :: Spelicans (n. pl.) See Spilikin.

Pelican :: Pelican (n.) 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..

Pelican :: Pelican (n.) A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation.

Pelecan :: Pelecan (n.) See Pelican.

Pelecaniformes :: Pelecaniformes (n. pl.) Those birds that are related to the pelican; the Totipalmi.

Gannet :: Gannet (n.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Sula, allied to the pelicans..

Totipalmate :: Totipalmate (a.) Having all four toes united by a web; -- said of certain sea birds, as the pelican and the gannet. See Illust. under Aves..

Steganopodous :: Steganopodes (n. pl.) A division of swimming birds in which all four toes are united by a broad web. It includes the pelicans, cormorants, gannets, and others..