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Pelican vs Starling - What's the difference?

pelican | starling |

As a noun pelican

is pelican (any of various seabirds of the family pelecanidae).

As a proper noun starling is

from a nickname for a gregarious person.

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

    Anagrams

    * (l) * (l) * (l)

    starling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A family, Sturnidae, of passerine birds.
  • # The common starling, Sturnus vulgaris , which has dark, iridescent plumage.
  • A structure of pilings that protects the piers of a bridge.
  • A California fish, the .

    • Derived terms

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