WHITE PELICAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white pelican mean? 

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

1. large American pelican; white with black wing feathers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITE PELICAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large American pelican; white with black wing feathers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos; white pelican

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

pelican (large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish)

Holonyms ("white pelican" is a member of...):

genus Pelecanus; Pelecanus (type genus of the Pelecanidae)