pelican
Fish-scooping wader
A pelican is a large waterbird with a long bill and an expandable throat pouch used for scooping up fish.
Pelicans are found near coastlines, lakes, and rivers worldwide.
The brown pelican dives from the air to catch prey; white pelicans fish while swimming.
A pelican glided low over the water.
Small flexible bag
- beakHorny avian mouthpart
- sacBodily pouch structure
- expandableAble to be enlarged
- mandibleLower facial bone
wingspan · feathers · webbed · bill · throat · keratin · hooked · flexible
Headfirst water entry
plunge · foraging · feeding · filter · strainer · swooping · schooling · herring
Of the shoreline
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- lagoonSheltered coastal shallows
- mangroveTidal shrub with exposed roots
- rookeryCommunal bird nesting site
colony · wetland · shoreline · sandbar · bay · saltmarsh · nesting · waterway
Gulf Coast pelican state
- AlcatrazFormer island penitentiary
- heraldryStudy of armorial bearings
- self-sacrificeSurrendering for others' benefit
- ChristianAdherent of the gospel
Dark earth tone
- whiteAbsence of pigment
- AustralianFrom the southern continent
- DalmatianSpotted dog breed
- PeruvianOf a South American nation
pouch
Small flexible bag
- beakHorny avian mouthpart
- sacBodily pouch structure
- expandableAble to be enlarged
mandible · wingspan · feathers · webbed · bill · throat · keratin · hooked · flexible · plumage
dive
Headfirst water entry
swallow · plunge · foraging · feeding · filter · strainer · swooping · schooling · herring · anchovy
coastal
Of the shoreline
rookery · colony · wetland · shoreline · sandbar · bay · saltmarsh · nesting · waterway · gulf
Louisiana
Gulf Coast pelican state
- AlcatrazFormer island penitentiary
- heraldryStudy of armorial bearings
- self-sacrificeSurrendering for others' benefit
brown
Dark earth tone
- whiteAbsence of pigment
- AustralianFrom the southern continent
- DalmatianSpotted dog breed
soaring
Rising effortlessly upward
thermal · wingspan · migration · graceful · coasting · updraft · synchronized · flapping · cruising
- birdsrobin, crow, eagle, owl, duck
- coastal lifedolphins, lighthouses, seagulls, fishing, crabs
- African wildlifeelephant, African elephant, lion, hippo, elephants
- bayoualligator, gator, cypress tree, cypress trees, marshland
- bipedshuman, kangaroo, ostrich, emu, penguin
- bird wordsrobin, eagle, swan, sparrow, crow
- The Pelican Brief
- brown pelicanLarge coastal diving bird
- white pelicanLarge pale fish-eating waterbird