pelican
any of several large, totipalmate, fish-eating birds of the family Pelecanidae, having a large bill with a distensible pouch.
a still or retort with two tubes that leave the body from the neck, curve in opposite directions, and reenter the body through the belly.
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The specific targets of these assaults—the eggs of ostriches, pelicans, and flamingoes among them—depends on the location within the vultures’ considerable range, which stretches across three continents.
A Close Encounter with a Flame-Bright Egyptian Vulture - Facts So Romantic | Sarah Gilman | December 15, 2021 | NautilusAmong the animals it is credited with saving are icons such as the bald eagle, brown pelican, gray wolf and American alligator.
Ivory-billed woodpecker officially declared extinct, along with 22 other species | Dino Grandoni | September 29, 2021 | Washington PostWhen adaptations of John Grisham novels like The pelican Brief and The Firm, epic stories totally devoid of superheroes like Titanic and Saving Private Ryan and comedies like Home Alone and Austin Powers, would bring in the big bucks.
What F9's Huge Box Office Haul Means for the Future of Movies Beyond the Pandemic | Eliana Dockterman | June 28, 2021 | TimeDuring a recent trip, we spotted a pair of humpback whales, along with a colossal pod of dolphins who were in cahoots with the pelicans, staging an elaborate routine to round up fish for one another.
The Ultimate Channel Islands National Park Travel Guide | Shawnté Salabert | June 23, 2021 | Outside OnlineHome to hippos, pelicans and lots of fish, this lake often becomes polluted with human wastes from the city.
A dirty and growing problem: Too few toilets | Stephanie Parker | September 24, 2020 | Science News For Students
Something can happen in Whittier this morning and by the afternoon the brothers in pelican Bay know all about it.
The Mexican Mafia Is the Daddy of All Street Gangs | Seth Ferranti | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGang warlords, locked down in Super Maxes like pelican Bay pass on instructions to thousands of followers.
The Mexican Mafia Is the Daddy of All Street Gangs | Seth Ferranti | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt pelican Bay, there are no windows, and there is no reason not to have windows.
Extreme Solitary Confinement: What Did Bradley Manning Experience? | Caitlin Dickson | June 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 2011 a Minnesota farmer smashed thousands of eggs and young chicks of the federally protected American white pelican.
Why Do We Save Some Species and Let Others Get Devastated? | Melissa Holbrook Pierson | May 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI returned the following year with The pelican Brief, then The Client.
John Grisham’s Favorite Bookstore: That One in Blytheville, Ark. | John Grisham | November 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTpelican, bird of ill omen, go to thy hole and hide thy sorry face.'
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerHis tone and expression satisfied us that pelican would not keep us from starving.
One day I captured a young pelican, and trained him to accompany me in my walks and assist me in my fishing operations.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont | Louis de RougemontBut it was not impossible that there might be some other opening, and the pelican crawled in search of it along the Java coast.
The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book | VariousHe said that if it were not that he had to go to pelican Lake that very night he would go along and help blow up the old rascal.
Duffels | Edward Eggleston
British Dictionary definitions for pelican
/ (ˈpɛlɪkən) /
any aquatic bird of the tropical and warm water family Pelecanidae, such as P. onocrotalus (white pelican): order Pelecaniformes. They have a long straight flattened bill, with a distensible pouch for engulfing fish
Origin of pelican
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