pelecaniform
/ˌpɛlɪˈkanɪfɔːm/(also pelicaniform) Ornithology
adjective
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the order Pelecaniformes, which includes pelicans, cormorants, gannets, boobies, darters, frigate birds, and tropicbirds, typically having fully webbed feet.
noun
A bird of the order Pelecaniformes.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Ecology. From scientific Latin Pelecaniformes, order name from scientific Latin Pelecanus, genus name (Linnaeus 1758; from post-classical Latin pelecanus) + -formes, plural of -formis.