English > pelecaniform seabird: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet. |
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| Narrower | cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo | large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish |
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| 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 / plunging dives for fish |
| pelican | large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish |
| snakebird, anhinga, darter | fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill |
| tropic bird, tropicbird, boatswain bird | Mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land |
| Broader | seabird, sea bird, seafowl | A bird that frequents coastal waters and the open / open ocean |
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| Spanish | pelecaniforme |
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| Catalan | ocell pelecaniforme, pelecaniforme |
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