Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - pelican
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(pelicans) 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. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pellican, from Late Latin pelecanus, from Greek pelekan Date: before 12th century any of a genus (Pelecanus) of large web-footed fish-eating birds with a very large bill and distensible gular pouch ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. any large gregarious waterfowl of the family Pelecanidae with a large bill and a pouch in the throat for storing fish. Phrases and idioms pelican crossing (in the UK) a pedestrian crossing with traffic lights operated by pedestrians. Etymology: OE pellican & OF pelican f. LL pelicanus f. Gk pelekan prob. f. pelekus axe, with ref. to its bill ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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пеликан (Pelecanus); pl пеликановые (Pelecanidae) – American white pelican – Australian pelican – brown pelican – Dalmatian pelican – European white pelican – gray pelican – great white pelican – pink-backed pelican – spot-billed pelican ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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noun zool. пеликан PELICAN crossing noun пешеходный переход пеликан (со светофором, включаемым пешеходом) ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. pellicane, from L.L. pelecanus, from Gk. pelekan, related to pelekys "ax," so called from the shape of the bird's bill. Used in Septuagint to translate Heb. qaath, hence the fancy that it feeds its young on its own blood, an Egyptian tradition properly belonging to some other bird. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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