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English noun: pelican

1. pelican (animal) large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish


Broader (hypernym)pelecaniform seabird


Narrower (hyponym)Old world white pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Pelecanus onocrotalus, white pelican


Member meronymfamily Pelecanidae, Pelecanidae









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