1. Large American pelican; white with black wing feathers
   "White pelicans worked together to herd fish into shallow water";
   - Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
    
2. A large white pelican native to Europe, Asia and Africa, similar to the American white pelican
   "Great white pelicans gathered by the hundreds at their breeding grounds";
   - great white pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus

Derived forms: white pelicans

Type of: pelican

Part of: genus Pelecanus, Pelecanus

Encyclopedia: White pelican