A person recognized by the King, Queen, and other Pelicans in the Society as having excelled in serving the Society, and who also has great virtue This is a Society-level award
Any large webfooted bird of the genus Pelecanus, of which about a dozen species are known
large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish
A Companion of the Order of the Pelican, which is the Society level polling order for service
A pelican is a type of large water bird. It catches fish and keeps them in the bottom part of its beak which is shaped like a large bag. Any of about eight species constituting the genus Pelecanus (family Pelecanidae), white or brown birds distinguished by a large, elastic throat pouch. Some species are 70 in. (180 cm) long, have a wingspan of 10 ft (3 m), and weigh up to 30 lbs (13 kg). Most species drive fish into shallow water and, using the pouch as a dip net, scoop them up and immediately swallow them. Pelicans inhabit freshwaters and seacoasts in many parts of the world; they breed in colonies on islands, laying one to four eggs in a stick nest. Chicks thrust their bills down the parent's gullet to obtain regurgitated food
They have an enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored
An alchemical flask, shaped so that a boiling liquid would drop back again into the same flask
A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation
A pelican crossing is a place where people who are walking can cross a busy road. They press a button at the side of the road, which operates traffic lights to stop the traffic. a place on some roads in Britain where someone who wants to cross the road can stop the traffic by pushing a button that changes the traffic lights zebra crossing