different between pelican vs spelican

English

Etymology

From Middle English pelican, pellican, pellicane, from Old English pellican (“pelican”), from Latin pelec?nus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (pelekán),??????? (pélekus, “hatchet”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?p?l.?.k?n/, /?p?l.?.k?n/

Noun

pelican (plural pelicans)

1. Any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.
2. A native or resident of the American state of Louisiana.
3. (chemistry, obsolete) A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation.
4. (dentistry) A set of forceps used to force overcrowded teeth apart.

Derived terms

• pelican crossing
• pelican pot
• pelican spider
• pelicanist
• dental pelican

Translations

Anagrams

• Calpine, capelin, capline, in place, panicle, pinacle

Friulian

Noun

pelican m (plural pelicans)

1. pelican

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin pelic?nus.

Noun

pelican m (plural pelicans)

1. pelican (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)

Derived terms

• pelican australian
• pelican cresp
• pelican del Pero
• pelican ròsa
• pelican vulgar

Romanian

Alternative forms

• pelecan (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from French pélican, from Latin pelic?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe.li?kan/

Noun

pelican m (plural pelicani)

1. pelican (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae)

Declension

Derived terms

• pelican comun
• pelican cre?
• pelicanol

Related terms

• pelecaniforme

See also

• steganipod

References

• pelican in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

English

Noun

spelican (plural spelicans)

1. Alternative form of spilikin

Anagrams

• asclepin, asplenic, capelins, in places, panicles, pelicans, pinacles