| 单词 | brown pelican |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbrown pelican brown pelican n. [compare French pélican brun (Buffon Hist. Naturelle des Oiseaux (1781) I. 37)] a marine pelican, Pelicanus occidentalis, with a greyish-brown body and a white head and neck, found off the west coast of North and South America and in the Caribbean and off adjacent coasts. ΚΠ 1780 tr. P. Sonnerat Acct. Voy. Spice-Islands 19 Brown Pelican, Pl.53. 1868 Harper's Mag. July 264/2 Over certain dark spots,..made dark by millions of sardines and other small fish, the brown pelican is ever seen. 2003 Caribbean World Winter 56/2 Brown pelicans, with their two metre plus wingspans, glide for minutes on end with scarcely a wingbeat, between fishing grounds. < as lemmas |
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