white pelican

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   large American pelican; white with black wing feathers

   SynonymsPelecanus erythrorhynchos

   Broaderpelican

   Part ofPelecanus

Questions about white pelican

What does white pelican mean?

white pelican means "large American pelican; white with black wing feathers".

What is another word for white pelican?

Close synonyms include Pelecanus erythrorhynchos. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is white pelican a common word?

white pelican is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.