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PRONUNCIATION OF WHITE PELICAN

white pelican  [waɪt ˈpɛlɪkən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHITE PELICAN

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White pelican is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WHITE PELICAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of white pelican in the English dictionary

The definition of white pelican in the dictionary is an aquatic bird of the tropical and warm water family Pelecanidae, P. onocrotalus: order Pelecaniformes. They have a long straight flattened bill, with a distensible pouch for engulfing fish.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WHITE PELICAN


African
ˈæfrɪkən
American
əˈmɛrɪkən
Anglican
ˈæŋɡlɪkən
antirepublican
ˌæntɪrɪˈpʌblɪkən
basilican
bəˈsɪlɪkən
catholicon
kəˈθɒlɪkən
ferrosilicon
ˌfɛrəʊˈsɪlɪkən
Gallican
ˈɡælɪkən
helicon
ˈhɛlɪkən
hurricane
ˈhʌrɪkən
Millikan
ˈmɪlɪkən
Mulliken
ˈmʌlɪkən
Oerlikon
ˈɜːlɪkən
pelican
ˈpɛlɪkən
publican
ˈpʌblɪkən
republican
rɪˈpʌblɪkən
silicon
ˈsɪlɪkən
slicken
ˈslɪkən
spellican
ˈspɛlɪkən
spillikin
ˈspɛlɪkən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHITE PELICAN

white mulberry
white mustard
White Nile
white noise
white oak
white out
white owl
White Pages
white paper
white pepper
white pine
white plague
white poplar
white potato
white propaganda
white pudding
white rabbit
white rainbow
white raisin
white rat

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHITE PELICAN

African-American
all-American
Asian-American
barbican
Central American
Costa Rican
Dominican
East African
indican
Jamaican
Latin American
Mozambican
Native American
North American
Pan-American
Puerto Rican
South African
South American
Vatican
West African

Synonyms and antonyms of white pelican in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «white pelican» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHITE PELICAN

Find out the translation of white pelican to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of white pelican from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «white pelican» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

白鹈鹕
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pelícano blanco
570 millions of speakers

English

white pelican
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सफेद हवासील
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البجعة البيضاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

розовый пеликан
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pelicano branco
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাদা পলিকান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pélican blanc
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pelikan putih
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

weißer Pelikan
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

モモイロペリカン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

흰색 펠리칸
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pelikan putih
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bồ nông trắng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெள்ளை பெலிகன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पांढर्या तकाकी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Beyaz pelikan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pellicano bianco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pelikan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рожевий пелікан
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pelican albe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λευκό πελεκάνος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

witpelikane
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vit pelikan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

white Pelican
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of white pelican

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHITE PELICAN»

The term «white pelican» is regularly used and occupies the 66.725 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHITE PELICAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about white pelican

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHITE PELICAN»

Discover the use of white pelican in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to white pelican and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Little Carly: The American White Pelican:
W.O.Wainwright. “LITTLE CARLY: THE AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN” A Short Story: Written and Illustrated by W. O. Wainwright Once upon a time there was this tiny White American pelican, whose name was Carly. Carly was no different from ...
W.O.Wainwright, 2014
2
Iowa Birdlife
The majestic White Pelican is the largest bird reaching Iowa, with a wingspread of 9 to 10 feet, body length of 50 inches, and weight of 1 5 to 20 pounds. They require a daily diet of 6 to 8 pounds of small fish, mostly gizzard shad and carp.
Gladys Black, 1992
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Sasol Southern African Birds: A Photographic Guide
Great (Eastern) White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 1 80 cm Witpelikaan The Great White Pelican may be confused only with the much smaller Pink-backed Pelican. However, it is white, not grey, and has a pinkish-yellow, not grey, face and ...
Ian Sinclair, Ian Hugh Davidson, 1995
4
Basic Texas Birds: A Field Guide
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN Pelecanus erythrorhynchos BACKGROUND Unlike the Brown Pelican (P. occiden- talis), the American White Pelican does not dive for its food. Instead, it dips its head underwater to scoop up fish. It is not ...
Mark W. Lockwood, 2010
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Handbook of Avian Hybrids of the World
Pelicans Family Pelecanidae Pelecanus crispus [Dalmatian Pelican] × Pelecanus onocrotalus [Great White Pelican] CHR. No natural hybrids are reported, but these birds breed in mixed colonies on the northern Black Sea, northern Caspian ...
Department of Genetics University of Georgia Eugene M. McCarthy Post Doctoral Researcher, Athens, 2006
6
Birds of the Great Basin: A Natural History
White Pelican is a regular breeding species and migrant, and the Brown Pelican is of accidental or occasional occurrence. American White Pelican Pelecanus erythwrhynchos The American White Pelican is a breeding species at a few ...
Fred A. Ryser, 1985
7
Birds of the Middle East
Immature Great White Pelican has clearly darker greybrown upperparts than the grey-buffDalmatian. ... Resembles Great White Pelican but told in flight by greyish underwing with pale band through centre and greyish-white body (in Great ...
Richard Porter, Simon Aspinall, 2010
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Daddy's Pelican
But to Zachariah, the white pelican appeared to be brave, undisturbed, and satisfied. Sitting on the water and feeding, filling the leathery pouch that is the underside of its bill with fish, it looked graceful, careful, and even choosy. Zachariah had ...
William J. Jefferson, 2008
9
Bizarre Birds
WHITE PELICflN Catching fish by working together P White Pelican swims on the surface of water to catch fish. This is unlike most other birds that hunt in water, including the Brown Pelican, a close relative. A White Pelican dips its large bill ...
Jonathan P. Latimer, Karen Stray Nolting, 1999
10
Pelecanus: American White Pelican, Australian Pelican, Brown ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHITE PELICAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term white pelican is used in the context of the following news items.
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Charlie's ready for lift-off!
Charlie is the first Eastern White Pelican ever to be hand-reared in the UK, ... He will join Cyril, the zoo's other Eastern White Pelican chick who was the first to ... «Blackpool Gazette, Jul 15»
2
Body of Evidence: How the White Pelican Spreads Oil
The Brown Pelican became the symbol of the BP oil spill, but the White Pelican is offering clues to its lasting stain on bird populations. «Audubon Magazine Blog, Jun 15»
3
White pelican will soon migrate across Minnesota skies
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KTTC) -- Flocks of giant white birds will soon be turning heads across Minnesota, as the once-rare American white pelican migrates north to its ... «KTTC, Apr 15»
4
Nature Notes: The massive white pelican is making its appearance
White pelicans do not plunge from the air like brown pelicans seen along seacoasts. The birds scoop up fish as they swim. A group of them may herd fish into the ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Apr 15»
5
Audubon Engravings Led the First Lauren Bacall Sale at Bonhams
American White Pelican, an 1836 hand colored engraving by renowned artist and naturalist, John James Audubon, which realized $173,000, almost 3 times its ... «Fine Books & Collections Magazine, Apr 15»
6
First successful artificial incubation of White Pelican
Anele Cebekulu, public relations assistant for the sanctuary, said they have welcomed two Eastern White Pelican hatchlings with one hatched with parents and ... «The Citizen, Mar 15»
7
Why is there a white pelican on Louisiana's official state flag if the …
The simpler answer is that while the familiar state flag — featuring a white pelican on a blue background with three pelican chicks in a nest — was introduced in ... «bestofneworleans.com, Jan 15»
8
Pelicans aplenty in area
An American white pelican skims the water below Wilson Dam on the Tennessee River. During the past decade, the species has made a steady increase in the ... «Times Daily, Dec 14»
9
Wisconsin wildlife group seeking fish donations
3, 2014, shows an immature pelican that Susan Theys, wildlife rehabilitator at ... organization is seeking donations to help feed a starved white pelican and other ... «Fox11online.com, Nov 14»
10
DNR's contamination findings put Minnesota's white pelicans in …
About 22,000 nesting pairs of white pelicans — about 20 percent of the birds' total population — nest on 16 sites in Minnesota, according to the DNR. «MinnPost, Sep 14»

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