pelican in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for pelican in the English»Spanish Dictionary

pelican [Am ˈpɛləkən, Brit ˈpɛlɪk(ə)n] N

pelican

pelícano m

pelican crossing N Brit

pelican crossing

paso m de peatones (con semáforo)

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pelícano

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pelican in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pelican in the English»Spanish Dictionary

pelican [ˈpelɪkən] N

pelican

pelícano m

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pelícano

pelican

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Since 1987, one of these islands is home for a colony of nesting brown pelicans.

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The brown pelican usually plunge-dives for its prey, especially for anchovies and menhaden.

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It was believed that a pelican was prepared to peck its own breast in order to feed its hungry young.

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The pelican consequently prepared to go to war against them by daubing himself with white clay as war paint.

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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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Is dawdling on a pelican crossing illegal?

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A reclining figure, three-feet long, lounges on a plinth in front of the town's civic centre, gazing at a bus stop and a pelican crossing.

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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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Most of the research is focused on fish, sea turtles, brown pelicans and least tern nesting.

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The pelican is the state bird of Louisiana.

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