PELICAN CROSSING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pelican crossing mean? 

• PELICAN CROSSING (noun)
  The noun PELICAN CROSSING has 1 sense:

1. an acronym for pedestrian light control; a pedestrian crossing with traffic lights that are controlled by pedestrians

  Familiarity information: PELICAN CROSSING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PELICAN CROSSING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An acronym for pedestrian light control; a pedestrian crossing with traffic lights that are controlled by pedestrians

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pelican crossing" is a kind of...):

pedestrian crossing; zebra crossing (street crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way (especially with diagonal stripes))

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)