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See also: pélican
English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]
- pelecan (archaic)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English pellican, pellicane, from Old English pellican (“pelican”), from Latin pelecānus, from Ancient Greek πελεκάν (pelekán), πέλεκυς (pélekus, “hatchet”).
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Noun[edit]
pelican (plural pelicans)
- Any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 54:
- The old have outlived that mental world we so misname in calling it a world of enjoyment;—they have outlived the feverish dreams which waste those keen hopes—the pelicans of the heart, feeding on the life-blood of their parent;—they have now no part in the excitement of success, whether in its desire or disappointment.
- A native or resident of the American state of Louisiana.
- (chemistry, obsolete) A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation.
- (dentistry) A set of forceps used to force overcrowded teeth apart.
- Synonym: dental pelican
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Translations[edit]
any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae
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Friulian[edit]
Noun[edit]
pelican m (plural pelicans)
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
pelican
- Alternative form of pellican
Occitan[edit]
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Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
pelican m (plural pelicans)
- pelican (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
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Romanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- pelecan (dated)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French pélican, from Latin pelicānus. Compare Aromanian pilican.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pelican m (plural pelicani)
- pelican (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Declension[edit]
Declension of pelican
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) pelican | pelicanul | (niște) pelicani | pelicanii |
genitive/dative | (unui) pelican | pelicanului | (unor) pelicani | pelicanilor |
vocative | pelicanule | pelicanilor |
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References[edit]
- pelican in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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