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Topic: BIRDS

Date: 1000-1100
Language: Late Latin
Origin: pelecanus, from Greek, probably from pelekys 'ax'; because of the shape of its beak

pelican

 noun
     
pelican
pel‧i‧can [countable]
HBB a large water bird that catches fish for food and stores them in a deep bag of skin under its beak
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