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pelican

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n.[鸟]鹈鹕,伽蓝鸟,淘河鸟,塘鹅

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pelican


/'pelɪkən; `pɛlɪkən/
n large water-bird with a pouch under its long bill for storing food 鹈胡鸟; 淘河.

pelican


n[C]

[Date: 1000-1100; Language: Late Latin;Origin: pelecanus, from Greek, probably from pelekys 'ax'; because of the shape of its beak]
a large water bird that catches fish for food and stores them in a deep bag of skin under its beak