pelican
(pelɪkən )
Word forms: pelicans
countable noun
A pelican is a type of large water bird. It catches fish and keeps them in the bottom part of its beak which is shaped like a large bag.
Pelicans and sea gulls wheel across the sky.
Image of pelican
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Translations:
Chinese: 鹈鹕
Japanese: ペリカン
- detect a smell
- detect a trace
- detect a trend
- detect a virus
- detect cancer
- detect disease
- detect easily
- detect fraud
- detect gas
- detection
- detection device
- detection method
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- detective
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- detective drama
- detective fiction
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- detect motion
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- detector
- detect radiation