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white pelican

noun

Definition of white pelican

: a very large American pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) that is predominantly white with black wing feathers also : any of several similar Old World pelicans (especially P. onocrotalus)

First Known Use of white pelican

1725, in the meaning defined above

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