A pelican can fit a lot of fish in its beak.
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Pelican
Synonyms for "pelican" (4 found)
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Strong matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (2)
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13 entriesTranslations
101 translations across 83 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- bozhor noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
- laradash noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- πελεκάν noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
- ὀνοκρόταλος noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Arabic
1 entries- بَجَع noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Armenian
1 entries- հավալուսն noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Assamese
2 entries- ঢেঁৰা noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
- ভেলা noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Asturian
1 entries- pelícanu noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qutan noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Basque
1 entries- pelikano noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Belarusian
1 entries- пелікан noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Breton
1 entries- pilikant noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пеликан noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Burmese
1 entries- ငှက်ကြီးဝန်ပို noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Catalan
1 entries- pelicà noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- کەڵک noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Chechen
1 entries- пеликан noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 鵜鶘 /鹈鹕 noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Czech
1 entries- pelikán noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Danish
1 entries- pelikan noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Dutch
1 entries- pelikaan noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Esperanto
1 entries- pelikano noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Estonian
1 entries- pelikan noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Finnish
1 entries- pelikaani noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
French
1 entries- pélican noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Galician
1 entries- pelicano noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Georgian
1 entries- ვარხვი noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
German
1 entries- Pelikan noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Greek
1 entries- πελεκάνος noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Gujarati
1 entries- પેણ noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Hebrew
1 entries- שַׂקְנַאי noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Hungarian
2 entries- gödény noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
- pelikán noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Icelandic
1 entries- pelíkani noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Indonesian
2 entries- burung undan noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
- pelikan noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Irish
1 entries- peileacán noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Italian
1 entries- pellicano noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Japanese
2 entries- ペリカン noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
- 伽藍鳥 noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Kazakh
1 entries- бірқазан noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Khmer
1 entries- ទុង noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Klamath-Modoc
1 entries- komal noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Korean
1 entries- 펠리컨 noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Kriol
1 entries- baligan noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Kumyk
1 entries- биркъазан noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Latin
1 entries- pelecānus noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Latvian
1 entries- pelikāns noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pelikanas noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Macedonian
1 entries- пелика́н noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Malay
1 entries- burung undan noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Manchu
2 entries- ᡨᡳᡵᡥᡡᡨᠠᠨ noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
- ᡴᡡᡨᠠᠨ noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Middle English
1 entries- pellican noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Māori
1 entries- perikana noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Navajo
1 entries- tsídiidaatsohí noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Ngarrindjeri
1 entries- nori noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Norman
1 entries- pélican noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Norwegian
1 entries- pelikan noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Occitan
1 entries- pelican noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Old English
1 entries- stānġiella noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Oromo
1 entries- aallaattii noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- سقا قوشی noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Polish
1 entries- pelikan noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Portuguese
1 entries- pelicano noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Romanian
1 entries- pelican noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Russian
1 entries- пелика́н noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
S'gaw Karen
1 entries- ထိၣ်ဒိၣ်ဖုၣ်ခီၣ် noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Saterland Frisian
1 entries- Pelikoan noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- nèsit noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
- pelìkān noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
- нѐсит noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
- пелѝка̄н noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Slovak
1 entries- pelikán noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Slovene
1 entries- pelikan noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Spanish
1 entries- pelícano noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Swahili
1 entries- mwari noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Swedish
1 entries- pelikan noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Tagalog
2 entries- pagala noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
- pelikano noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Thai
1 entries- กระทุง noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Tiwi
4 entries- alikampwani noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
- alikwamparni noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
- arlikampwarni noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
- arlipiwura noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Turkish
1 entries- pelikan noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Turkmen
1 entries- gotan noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пелікан noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bồ nông noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Volapük
1 entries- pelek noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Wardaman
1 entries- jarnarran noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Welsh
1 entries- pelican noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Woiwurrung
2 entries- bil-e-gin noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
- wandjil noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Wolof
1 entries- njagabaar bi noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Yagara
1 entries- bulualum noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Yiddish
1 entries- פּעליקאַן noun (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Down by the dinghy our cat is being hazarded by an angry pelican.
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I saw a big pelican there.
Source: tatoeba (2693392)
According to the Bible, the pelican fed its chicks with its own blood.
Source: tatoeba (6029610)
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