Pelican vs Crane - What's the difference?
pelican | crane |
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.
A large bird of the order Gruiformes'' and the family ''Gruidae having long legs and a long neck which it extends when flying.
A mechanical lifting device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.
An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace for supporting kettles etc. over the fire.
A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.
(nautical) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc.; generally used in pairs.
To extend (one's neck).
To raise or lower with, or as if with, a .
* Bates
* Massinger
As nouns the difference between pelican and crane
is that pelican is any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch while crane is a large bird of the order Gruiformes and the family Gruidae having long legs and a long neck which it extends when flying.As a verb crane is
to extend (one's neck).As a proper noun Crane is
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(wikipedia pelican)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* pelican crossing * (pelican spider) * pelicanistAnagrams
* (l) * (l) * (l)crane
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* black crowned crane * black-necked crane * blue crane * common crane * cranefly * demoiselle crane * grey crowned crane * hooded crane * red-crowned crane * sandhill crane * sarus crane * Siberian crane * wattled crane * white-naped crane * whooping craneSee also
* egret * heron * storkVerb
(cran)- (George Eliot)
- What engines, what instruments are used in craning up a soul, sunk below the centre, to the highest heavens.
- an upstart craned up to the height he has