pelicans
- 1Plural of pelican.
Brown pelicans glided low over the breaking waves along the shore.
A flock of pelicans settled on the pilings at the end of the pier.
Note
A regular plural, made with a plain -s and no change to the stem. It serves every meaning of pelican, not only the pouch-billed seabirds of the family Pelecanidae. Pelicans can be residents of Louisiana, dental forceps for prising crowded teeth apart, or, in Canadian slang, waterbombers. The surrounding words decide which is meant: brown pelicans glide over waves, but pelicans in a dentist's tray are tools.
pelicans is a form of pelican
pelican, noun: A large seabird of the family Pelecanidae, with a long bill and an expandable throat pouch used to catch fish. Full entry
- Forms
- pelicanpelicans plural
- Spelling
- pelican → pelicans: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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