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pelican [ˈpelıkən] N ORN

pelican
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Migratory summer birds such as the white-faced ibis, trumpeter swan, and white pelican are found at snowmelt ponds on the desert floor and at temporal wetlands.
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He was one of three trained pelicans used in the film, based on the novel of the same name.
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The mussel bounces around sneezing and wakes up a pelican that decides to eat the mussel.
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Several pedestrian subway tunnels that linked the area under the busy main roads have now been closed off and replaced with various pelican crossings.
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Since 1987, one of these islands is home for a colony of nesting brown pelicans.
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This suggestion so outraged ufologists that many of them still use the term pelican or pelicanist as a pejorative term for a debunker.
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Occasionally, the pelican may not immediately eat the fish contained in its gular pouch, so it can save the prey for later consumption.
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The mandible may have been toothless and may have supported a pelican-like throat pouch.
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The pelican is the state bird of Louisiana.
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As many as 2,000 brown pelican nests have been reported on the refuge in 2007.
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