pelican
noun/ˈpelɪkən/
/ˈpelɪkən/
- a large bird that lives near water, with a bag of skin under its long beak for storing foodTopics Birdsc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryPelican is used before these nouns:
- crossing
Word Originlate Old English pellicane, via late Latin from Greek pelekan, probably based on pelekus ‘axe’ (with reference to its bill).Definitions on the go
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