pelícano

pelícano m (plural pelícanos)

1. pelican

• pelicano

Inherited from Old Spanish pelicano (c. 1300), from Latin pelicānus, a variant of pelecānus, from Ancient Greek πελεκάν (pelekán, “pelican”).

• IPA^(key): /peˈlikano/ [peˈli.ka.no]

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• Rhymes: -ikano
• Syllabification: pe‧lí‧ca‧no

pelícano m (plural pelícanos, feminine pelícana, feminine plural pelícanas)

1. pelican

pelícano m (plural pelícanos)

1. (colloquial) a large nose

• “pelícano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024