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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Enjoy a balmy day in the soft sands of Miami Beach while listening to the crash of the ocean waves and the squeaking pelicans.
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Lauryn Jiles, Miami Herald, 21 May 2024
Around 40 percent of Peru’s pelicans and 17 percent of Europe’s Sandwich terns died in a matter of months, and researchers have identified the virus in hundreds of wild bird species, Wille says.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2024
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Lauryn Jiles, Miami Herald, 21 May 2024
Around 40 percent of Peru’s pelicans and 17 percent of Europe’s Sandwich terns died in a matter of months, and researchers have identified the virus in hundreds of wild bird species, Wille says.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 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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