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pelecaniform seabird

DEFINITIONS OF: pelecaniform seabird

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n large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet

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pelican
large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish
frigate bird, man-of-war bird
long-billed warm-water seabird with wide wingspan and forked tail
gannet
large heavily built seabird with a long stout bill noted for its plunging dives for fish
Phalacrocorax carbo, cormorant
large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish
anhinga, darter, snakebird
fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill
boatswain bird, tropic bird, tropicbird
mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, white pelican
large American pelican; white with black wing feathers
Old world white pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus
similar to American white pelican
Sula bassana, solan, solan goose, solant goose
very large white gannet with black wing tips
booby
small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both
Anhinga anhinga, water turkey
blackish New World snakebird of swampy regions
Type of:
sea bird, seabird, seafowl
a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.
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