pellican
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English pellican, from Latin pellicanus, variant of pelecānus, from Ancient Greek πελεκάν (pelekán).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛlikan/
Noun
pellican
Descendants
References
- “pellican(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pellicanus
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpel.li.kɑn/, [ˈpeɫ.ɫi.kɑn]
Noun
pellican m
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “pellican”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.