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Ibis vs Pelican - What's the difference?

ibis | pelican |

As nouns the difference between ibis and pelican

is that ibis is any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans while pelican is any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.

ibis

English

(wikipedia ibis)

Noun

  • Any of various long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, having long downcurved bills used to probe the mud for prey such as crustaceans.
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    • It is out of the idolatrous dotings of the old Egyptians upon broiled ibis and roasted river horse, that you see the mummies of those creatures in their huge bake-houses the pyramids.

    Derived terms

    * Australian white ibis * sacred ibis * (straw-necked ibis)

    pelican

    English

    (wikipedia pelican)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.
  • A native or resident of the American state of Louisiana.
  • (chemistry, obsolete) A retort or still having a curved tube or tubes leading back from the head to the body for continuous condensation and redistillation.

    • Derived terms

    * pelican crossing * (pelican spider) * pelicanist

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