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.