Library / English Dictionary

PELICAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pelican" is a kind of...):

pelecaniform seabird (large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pelican"):

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos; white pelican (large American pelican; white with black wing feathers)

Old world white pelican; Pelecanus onocrotalus (similar to American white pelican)

Holonyms ("pelican" is a member of...):

family Pelecanidae; Pelecanidae (pelicans)

Credits