HyperDic: pelican

English > 1 sense of the word *pelican*:
NOUN	animal	pelican	large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish

pelican > pronunciation
Sounds	peh'lahkahn
Rhymes	Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...

English > *pelican*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish.
Member of	Pelecanidae, family Pelecanidae	pelicans
Narrower	Old world white pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus	Similar to American / American white pelican
Narrower	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