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Pelican vs Rosa - What's the difference?

pelican | rosa |

As nouns the difference between pelican and rosa

is that pelican is pelican (any of various seabirds of the family pelecanidae) while rosa is rose.

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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    rosa

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang, Australia) to hide, vanish, shadow
    • Weren't we meant to have dinner with Jane?
    No, she unfortunately had to rosa .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, Australia) no-show, someone who does not show up as expected
    • Every time we organise to have dinner, she never turns up.
    I know, she is such a rosa .
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