how to pronounce pelican

/ˈpɛl.ɪ.kən/

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pelican is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of pelican in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… we've just received this Pelican case …”

meaning of pelican

A pelican is a type of bird.

pelican frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word pelican occurs in english on average 1.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics pelican can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that pelican can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;