n. 鹈鹕鸟, 伽蓝鸟

[ noun ]
large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish
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Pelican \Pel"i*can\, n. [F. p['e]lican, L. pelicanus, pelecanus,
Gr. ?, ?, ?, the woodpecker, and also a water bird of the
pelican kind, fr. ? to hew with an ax, akin to Skr.
para[,c]u.] [Written also {pelecan}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any large webfooted bird of the genus
{Pelecanus}, of which about a dozen species are known.
They have an enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is
attached a pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily
stored.

Note: The American white pelican ({Pelecanus
erythrorhynchos}) and the brown species ({Pelecanus
fuscus}) are abundant on the Florida coast in winter,
but breed about the lakes in the Rocky Mountains and
British America.

2. (Old Chem.) A retort or still having a curved tube or
tubes leading back from the head to the body for
continuous condensation and redistillation.

Note: The principle is still employed in certain modern forms
of distilling apparatus.

{Frigate pelican} (Zo["o]l.), the frigate bird. See under
{Frigate}.

{Pelican fish} (Zo["o]l.), deep-sea fish ({Eurypharynx
pelecanoides}) of the order {Lyomeri}, remarkable for the
enormous development of the jaws, which support a large
gular pouch.

{Pelican flower} (Bot.), the very large and curiously shaped
blossom of a climbing plant ({Aristolochia grandiflora})
of the West Indies; also, the plant itself.

{Pelican ibis} (Zo["o]l.), a large Asiatic wood ibis
({Tantalus leucocephalus}). The head and throat are
destitute of feathers; the plumage is white, with the
quills and the tail greenish black.

{Pelican in her piety} (in heraldry and symbolical art), a
representation of a pelican in the act of wounding her
breast in order to nourish her young with her blood; -- a
practice fabulously attributed to the bird, on account of
which it was adopted as a symbol of the Redeemer, and of
charity.

{Pelican's foot} (Zo["o]l.), a marine gastropod shell of the
genus {Aporrhais}, esp. {Aporrhais pes-pelicani} of
Europe.