| 单词 | white pelican |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite pelican white pelican n. either of two pelicans with white plumage, (more fully great white pelican) Pelecanus onocrotalus of the Old World, and (more fully American white pelican) P. erythrorhynchos of the New World. ΚΠ 1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 322 This seem'd to be the same with the white Pelecan, only of a dark Colour. 1861 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 31 309 Seafowls—amongst them that stately bird, the white pelican—were wading over the mudflats. 1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo xx. 236 We once kept some American white pelicans in one of the lakes in the Park. 2006 I. Sinclair & I. Davidson Southern Afr. Birds (ed. 2) 22 The Great White Pelican may be confused only with the much smaller Pink-backed Pelican. < as lemmas |
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