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pelican
large aquatic piscivorous birds with large bills and commodious sub-bill pouches, and white or gray plumage. Belong to the genus Pelecanus in the family Pelecanidae.


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Leir says I am as kind as is the Pellican, That kils it selfe, to saue her young ones liues: And yet as ielous as the princely Eagle, That kils her young ones, if they do but dazel Vpon the radiant splendor of the Sunne.
In a letter addressed to Conrad Pellican in 1553 (Zentral Bibliothek, Zurich, ms.
His correspondence reveals contacts with the Alsatian humanist Jacob Wimpheling and the Hebraists Johann Reuchlin and Conrad Pellican.
 
 
 
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