Pelican

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1. Noun

Any large webfooted bird of the genus Pelecanus, of which about a dozen species are known. They have an enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored.

2. Noun

A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation.

3. Noun

large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish
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