pelican

A well-known water-bird. Also, the old six-pounder culverin.

← pelagians × pell →

Pelican
·noun A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for con...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
pelican
n. English bird-name. The pelicansoccur in nearly all temperate or tropical regions. TheAustralian ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
Pelican
(Heb. kaath, sometimes translated "cormorant," as (Isaiah 34:11; Zephaniah 2:14) though in the margi...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Pelican State
·add. ·- Louisiana; — a nickname alluding to the device on its seal. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Pelican Court
West out of Little Britain to St. Bartholomew's, in Aldersgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.