Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (n.) Any large webfooted bird of the genus 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.
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