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Noun Concept

Categories: Pelicans, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from EB9, Pelecanus, National symbols of Barbados, Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

pelican Pelecanus

Large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish WordNet 3.0

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Large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae. Wikipedia

Bird of the family Pelecanidae. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Large water bird belonging to the family Pelecanidae. They are characterised by a long beak and large throat pouch used for catching prey and draining water from the scooped up contents before swallowing. OmegaWiki

Any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch. Wiktionary

Any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae. Wiktionary (translation)

IS A

pelecaniform seabird

taxonomic group

PART OF

Pelecanidae

HAS KIND

Old world white pelican

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

Otto's encyclopedia

The Nuttall Encyclopædia

Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China

Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus

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PARENT TAXON

Pelecanidae

TAXON RANK

genus

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

pelican

Wikipedia

pelican

Wikidata

Pelecanus

Wiktionary

pelican

OmegaWiki

pelican

Wikipedia Redirections

Pelecanine, pelican in her piety, pelicans, Pellican

Wikidata Alias

pelican, the Pelican genus