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pelican
/ˈpɛl.ɪ.kən/
noun 5name 5
Collocations
4ADJ.
angry, big, injured, straight
VERB + PELICAN
lights, saw
PELICAN + NOUN
beak, chicks
PREP.
into, on
Definitions
noun
1
Any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.
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.
Pelicans fly below us with stiffly formal strokes, and gulls wheel and keen.
2
A native or resident of the American state of Louisiana.
3
A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation.
4
A set of forceps used to force overcrowded teeth apart.
5
A waterbomber.
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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
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Pelicans fly below us with stiffly formal strokes, and gulls wheel and keen.
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A pelican can fit a lot of fish in its beak.
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Down by the dinghy our cat is being hazarded by an angry pelican.
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I saw a big pelican there.
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According to the Bible, the pelican fed its chicks with its own blood.
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