pel ecanus, pelican us

(PELICAN.] Ornith.: True Pelican, the typical genus of the family Pele can ide (q. v.). Bill very long, straight broad, and flattened, tip well hooked; nostrils conceaied in a long groove extending the whole length of the bill; lower mandible thin, of two narrow flexible bony arches, supporting a huge extensile pouch; orbits nude; wings long, ample, second primary the longest; fail short, rounded, soft tar sus, short, stout; feet large. The number of species is variously estimated at from six to eleven. pěl-ě-cold, pel-1-coid, subst. [Gr. pelekys = a hatchet; Eng. suff. -oid.] Geom.: A figure of a hatchet-shaped form, consisting of a semicircle and two inverted quadrantal IMG:content-0818.png:[blocks in formation] pelekyd pěl-ě-kỹd, s. [ Gr.pelekys = a double-edged ax.) Min.: A name originally suggested for Liroconite (q. v.).