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Flamingo vs Pelican - What's the difference?

flamingo | pelican |

As nouns the difference between flamingo and pelican

is that flamingo is a wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae while pelican is any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae, having a long bill with a distendable pouch.

As an adjective flamingo

is of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.

flamingo

English

(wikipedia flamingo)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae.
  • A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.

    • Synonyms

    * (bird) phenicopter

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.

    • See also

    * ----

    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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