PELICAN

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Any large webfooted bird of the genus of 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.
n.

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