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pelican

DEFINITIONS OF: pelican

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n large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish

Types:
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, white pelican
large American pelican; white with black wing feathers
Old world white pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus
similar to American white pelican
Type of:
pelecaniform seabird
large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet
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