pelican

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈpɛl.ɪ.kən/ (UK)
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/ˈpɛl.ɪ.kən/ (UK) · /ˈpɛl.ə.kən/ (UK)

Definition of pelican

13 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.
    “The old have outlived that mental world we so misname in calling it a world of enjoyment;—they have outlived the feverish dreams which waste those keen hopes—the pelicans of the heart, feeding on the life-blood of their parent;—they have now no part in the excitement of success, whether in its desire or disappointment.”
    “Pelicans fly below us with stiffly formal strokes, and gulls wheel and keen.”
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noun

  1. Any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.
    “The old have outlived that mental world we so misname in calling it a world of enjoyment;—they have outlived the feverish dreams which waste those keen hopes—the pelicans of the heart, feeding on the life-blood of their parent;—they have now no part in the excitement of success, whether in its desire or disappointment.”
    “Pelicans fly below us with stiffly formal strokes, and gulls wheel and keen.”
  2. A native or resident of the American state of Louisiana.
  3. (obsolete)A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation.
  4. A set of forceps used to force overcrowded teeth apart.
  5. (Canada, slang)A waterbomber.
  6. (slang)An ageing prostitute.

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Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English pellican, pellicane, from Old English pellican (“pelican”), from Latin pelecānus, from Ancient Greek πελεκάν (pelekán), πέλεκυς (pélekus, “hatchet”).

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