pelican
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pelican¹
- /pe.liˈkan/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French pélican, from Latin pelicānus. Compare Aromanian pilican.
noun pelicani · pelican · pelicanul · pelicanii
- pelican (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Pelican²
Where it comes from
From pelican.
proper noun lui Pelican
- a surname
In English
- pelican any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae
Talk about this word "pelican." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/pelican. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pelican. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/pelican "pelican." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/pelican.Cite this
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title = {pelican},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
