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PELECANUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pelecanus mean?
• PELECANUS (noun)
The noun PELECANUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Pelecanidae
Familiarity information: PELECANUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Pelecanidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Pelecanus; Pelecanus
Hypernyms ("Pelecanus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Pelecanus"):
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos; white pelican (large American pelican; white with black wing feathers)
Old world white pelican; Pelecanus onocrotalus (similar to American white pelican)
Holonyms ("Pelecanus" is a member of...):
family Pelecanidae; Pelecanidae (pelicans)
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