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Pelican
"Pelican" in a Sentence (12 examples)
A pelican can fit a lot of fish in its beak.
Down by the dinghy our cat is being hazarded by an angry pelican.
I saw a big pelican there.
According to the Bible, the pelican fed its chicks with its own blood.
The white swan, the goose and the duck swim; the Cormorant dives. To these can be added the water hen, the pelican and so on.
What does the pelican eat?
Wildlife experts are looking to see if this year’s census bears out observations seeming to show significantly reduced populations of bird species that make the trip from Europe, such as the black stork, great white pelican and purple heron.
The pelican is injured and can't fly.
The lights at the pelican crossing change straight back to red just after turning green. You have to be really quick.
The pelican dove into the ocean to catch some fish.
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The old have outlived that mental world we so misname in calling it a world of enjoyment;—they have outlived the feverish dreams which waste those keen hopes—the pelicans of the heart, feeding on the life-blood of their parent;—they have now no part in the excitement of success, whether in its desire or disappointment.
Pelicans fly below us with stiffly formal strokes, and gulls wheel and keen.
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