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pelican
[pelican 词源字典]
pelican:
[OE]
Pelican
comes via Latin
pelicānus
from Greek
pelekán
. This is generally thought to have been derived from
pélekus
‘axe’, in allusion to the shape of the pelican’s beak.
[pelican etymology, pelican origin, 英语词源]