brown pelican
noun
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.
Origin
Late 18th century. Compare French pélican brun.
- cannibalism
- cannibalistic
- cannibalistically
- cannibalization
- cannibalize
- cannily
- canniness
- Canning, George
- Cannizzaro, Stanislao
- cannoli
- cannon
- cannonade
- cannonball
- cannonball dive
- cannon bone
- cannoneer
- cannon fodder
- cannonry
- cannot
- cannot choose but do something
- cannot take one's eyes off
- cannula
- cannulate
- cannulation
- canny