pellican

Middle English

Alternative forms

• pelican, pelicane, pellicane, pellycan, pellycann, pelycan

Etymology

From Old English pellican, from Latin pellicanus, variant of pelecānus, from Ancient Greek πελεκάν (pelekán).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛlikan/

Noun

pellican

1. pelican

Descendants

• English: pelican
• Scots: pelican

References

• “pellican(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pellicanus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpel.li.kɑn/, [ˈpeɫ.ɫi.kɑn]

Noun

pellican m

1. pelican

   Synonym: dufedoppa

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “pellican”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.