pelican

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noun

Etymology: From Middle English pellican, pellicane, from Old English pellican (“pelican”), from Latin pelecānus, from Ancient Greek πελεκάν (pelekán), πέλεκυς (pélekus, “hatchet”).

1. Any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.

   “The old have outlived that mental world we so misname in calling it a world of enjoyment;—they have outlived the feverish dreams which waste those keen hopes—the pelicans of the heart, feeding on the life-blood of their parent;—they have now no part in the excitement of success, whether in its desire or disappointment.”

   “Pelicans fly below us with stiffly formal strokes, and gulls wheel and keen.”

2. A native or resident of the American state of Louisiana.
3. A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation.
4. A set of forceps used to force overcrowded teeth apart.
5. A waterbomber.
6. An ageing prostitute.