NOUN | animal | pelican | large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish |
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Sounds | peh'lahkahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish. | |
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Member of | Pelecanidae, family Pelecanidae | pelicans |
Narrower | Old world white pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus | Similar to American / American white pelican |
white pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | large American pelican | |
Broader | pelecaniform seabird | large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet |
Spanish | pelecanus, pelicano, pelícano | |
Catalan | pelicà |
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