pelican
noun
pel·i·can
ˈpe-li-kən 
: any of a genus (Pelecanus) of large web-footed fish-eating birds with a very large bill and distensible gular pouch
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The birds quickly progressed as hunters, soon targeting gulls, pelicans and other birds.
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Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
The newest mural from the popular street artist shows two pelicans eating fish above the yellow sign of a fish and chips takeaway shop in the northeastern London neighborhood of Walthamstow.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Colorful eels, octopuses, swell sharks, snowy plovers, lobsters, horn sharks, poppy flowers, pelicans, Western gulls, and cormorants are many of the creatures popping from the wall’s canvas.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 8 Oct. 2024
The fifth painting was on a fish bar and depicted two pelicans eating fish, one of which came from the store’s logo.
—Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2024
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Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
The newest mural from the popular street artist shows two pelicans eating fish above the yellow sign of a fish and chips takeaway shop in the northeastern London neighborhood of Walthamstow.
—Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Colorful eels, octopuses, swell sharks, snowy plovers, lobsters, horn sharks, poppy flowers, pelicans, Western gulls, and cormorants are many of the creatures popping from the wall’s canvas.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 8 Oct. 2024
The fifth painting was on a fish bar and depicted two pelicans eating fish, one of which came from the store’s logo.
—Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 12 Aug. 2024
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pelican
noun
pel·i·can
ˈpel-i-kən
: any of a genus of large web-footed birds with a very large bill having a pouch on the lower part used to scoop in fish for food
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